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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:20, 25 October 2017 (UTC)

Jeremy (snail)

 * ... that Jeremy the left-coiled snail died in October 2017 after fathering 56 right-coiled offspring? (Source https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/12/science/jeremy-lefty-snail.html)
 * ALT1: that a global search yielded two mating partners for Jeremy, a rare left-coiled snail, but they began to mate with each other instead? BBC News: Rare lefty snail left on the shelf
 * Reviewed: 2nd ever DYK nomination - no QPQ

Created by A Den Jentyl Ettien Avel Dysklyver (talk). Self-nominated at 22:39, 20 October 2017 (UTC).


 * I will review this nomination. epicgenius (talk) 01:24, 22 October 2017 (UTC)


 * I also propose ALT1 (Edit: (above). 15:57, 22 October 2017 (UTC)) epicgenius (talk) 01:52, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * : I have looked and the copyvio is simply detecting the quotes by Dr. Davidson cited from the BBC. I agree that ALT1 could be a more interesting hook. Not least because of it proven popularity. Dysklyver  08:06, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I know. I was talking about this display where three selections of non-quoted text also shows up, but after you fix these three non-quotes, this nomination is good to go. epicgenius (talk) 15:42, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * - ✅ Fixed, see diff. Dysklyver  15:55, 22 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg This nomination is good to go. Nice work on an interesting article. epicgenius (talk) 15:57, 22 October 2017 (UTC)