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Scientists have discovered that certain species of Japanese snail can not only survive being eaten and then excreted by birds, they actually benefit from the process in many cases by finding themselves deposited in new uncropped habitats. The revelations were uncovered by scientifically feeding Japanese white-eye or mejiro …

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  1. Inventor of the Marmite Laser Silver badge

    Wildlife parallels the human world again.

    I'm a RyanAir survivor

  2. Anonymous Coward
    Joke

    Hush!

    Don't let RyanAir know this - they might advance a business model accordingly.

    Chip fat in the fuel tanks, passengers in the gut?

    1. Anonymous Coward
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      Re: Hush!

      But wouldn't this improve the level of service offered to RyanAir passengers?

      I know I'd prefer to get shat out of a bird in preference to travelling RyanAir....

  3. TeeCee Gold badge
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    Let me get this straight.

    The snails get picked up, flown for miles in a foul environment and then get shat out in the middle of nowhere.

    They should look on the bright side. At least they haven't paid Ryanair for the privilege.....

  4. LuMan
    Joke

    Brilliant!

    Great way to travel. And I bet the snails didn't have to undergo any intrusive or humiliating security checks involving groping and nudie scanners, too!

  5. Greg J Preece

    I'd hate to be RyanAir

    How shit does your reputation have to be for the first three comments on a story like this to all be digs at your company?

    1. Anonymous Coward
      Anonymous Coward

      At least

      At least they're being talked about.

      O'Leary is a c***, but it's hard not to have a little respect for what he's achieved.

  6. Anonymous Coward
    Trollface

    I'm the shit....

    You old farts know that's a good thing, right?

    1. William Towle
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      @N'n'G

      +1 parable of the cow, the bird, and the cat (if I'm not mistaken)

      ...although my train of thought went via The Plan ("It is a crock...") first, d'oh! ;)

  7. Daren Nestor

    y'know what?

    Nature is gross

  8. VeganVegan
    Happy

    Gastronomique!

    Just wait till some enterprising gastronome start processing escargot in this way, just like Jacu bird- and civet processed coffee beans.

  9. jai

    scientifically feeding?

    scientifically feeding is different from normal feeding??

    you do it with safety goggles on or something?

  10. skeptical i

    So, Job was a snail and it wasn't a whale but a bird, got it.

    Translation error, sorry.

  11. Kar98
    Trollface

    You know what?

    Overall, being swallowed whole, and getting shat out at a random destination beats being made to show up at the airport 4 hours early for your TSA-mandated finger-bang, and having your bottle of diet coke confiscated for national security.

  12. loopy lou
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    Brave snails

    A lot like going to Mars then?

  13. mitch 2

    correction

    I think you'll find that's a fowl environment

  14. Triggerfish

    Its not Ryanair

    Its Brianair....magic roundabout geddit.

    Finds coat

  15. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    title

    Probably the finest headline to any article, anywhere at any time.

  16. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Shouldn't that tagline read...

    ...parapoopers?

  17. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    I can envisage this being turned into a new game..

    ...'Angry Snails'

    / Add your own graphics

    // Game format copyrighted for your comfort & convenience

  18. TenDollarMan
    Coat

    The title is required

    Gastro-pood?

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