Rare snail Jeremy with the offspring of its two former suitors. Angus Davison, University of Nottingham hide caption toggle caption Angus Davison, University of Nottingham The Two-Way Tragic Love Triangle Is Sad For Lonely Rare Snail, Still Good For Science May 17, 2017 A garden snail with a rare genetic condition can't mate with normal snails; scientists launch an international search for a mate; two possible mates are found. But they mate with each other instead.