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Published online 8 January 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.421
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Snail shell takes a weird turn
The snail that twists again. And again. And again.
A newly discovered Malaysian snail has defied the established rules of growth and form by creating a home that twists in four independent directions. No one knows how or why it does it.
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