{"id":52343,"date":"2026-09-27T22:24:30","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=52343"},"modified":"2026-09-27T22:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T22:24:30","slug":"silver-linings-in-the-gardens-snail-trails-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naijaglobalnews.org\/?p=52343","title":{"rendered":"Silver linings in the garden\u2019s snail trails | Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">What a wonderful piece of writing by Josie George on the snails in her garden, with her perceptive reading of snail trails as art (Country diary, 24\u00a0September). John Bunyan wrote that the snail \u201cgoes but softly, but she goeth sure\u201d and that \u201cothers range and glare, but find no good\u201d. As George\u00a0says, we are as a species \u201ccruelly dismissive of everything that is not us\u201d. Three cheers for resilience and for the small, disregarded and humble.<br \/><strong>Mari Girling<\/strong><br \/><em>Oxford<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> What on earth is the \u201copposite of genocide\u201d and, whatever the answer, how can it possibly apply to the widespread destruction being caused by Israeli forces (Netanyahu calls Israel\u2019s war in Gaza \u2018opposite of genocide\u2019 in UN speech, 24 September)?<br \/><strong>Mark de Brunner<\/strong><br \/><em>Harrogate, North Yorkshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> My favourite crisps, Torres Fried\u00a0Egg (\u2018They smell of urinal cakes!\u2019: 100 unusual crisp flavours, ranked \u2013 from truly awful to totally scoffable, 23 September), were given two\u00a0out of 10 because \u2026 they taste like fried egg! \u201cThe egg ick?\u201d Seriously? That\u2019s like down-rating beef crisps because they taste of meat. Surely tasting as described is\u00a0a positive for any food.<br \/><strong>Peter West<\/strong> <br \/><em>London<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> As a coda to the recent correspondence about nominative determinism, Manchester City\u00a0FC appointed a KC called David Pannick. The mood is clear, whatever the spelling (Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League\u2019s financial fair play rules, 25 September).<br \/><strong>Andrew Ray<\/strong><br \/><em>Stony Stratford, <\/em><em>Buckinghamshire<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Appeal? Don\u2019t, Pannick.<br \/><strong>Martin Constantinides<\/strong><br \/><em>Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\"><strong><em><span data-dcr-style=\"bullet\"\/> Have an opinion on anything you\u2019ve read in the Guardian today? Please <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>email<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>us your letter and it will be considered for publication in our <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>letters<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> section.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a wonderful piece of writing by Josie George on the snails in her garden, with her perceptive reading of snail trails as art (Country diary, 24\u00a0September). John Bunyan wrote that the snail \u201cgoes but softly, but she goeth sure\u201d and that \u201cothers range and glare, but find no good\u201d. 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