{"id":140473,"date":"2023-11-27T18:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-pet-ill-never-forget-bryan-the-snail-was-moist-and-silent-and-my-best-friend-in-a-world-of-bullies\/"},"modified":"2023-11-27T18:21:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-27T11:21:00","slug":"the-pet-ill-never-forget-bryan-the-snail-was-moist-and-silent-and-my-best-friend-in-a-world-of-bullies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-pet-ill-never-forget-bryan-the-snail-was-moist-and-silent-and-my-best-friend-in-a-world-of-bullies\/","title":{"rendered":"The pet I\u2019ll never forget: Bryan the snail was moist and silent \u2013 and my best friend in a world of bullies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nI adopted Bryan after my only friend moved away. I fed him milk and cleared up his tendrils of poo, while he provided much-needed companionship\u2018What a horrid little snail!\u201d my grandad exclaimed when he saw my new pet. In the past, I might have agreed with him. Snails were slow, moist and silent, making them boring and gross. Yet reading a history book about what the Romans did to them \u2013 getting them addicted to milk by lacing it with salt, fattening them up so much they couldn\u2019t fit into their shells \u2013 left me horrified.I vowed that I would right historical wrongs and be the valiant protector of the next snail I saw. I would give it a happy life with all the salt-free milk it could drink. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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