Apple snails. More than an aquarium friend.

[gwand]

Seeing with fresh eyes: Snails as a system for studying sight restoration

The eye of the apple snail is unusually similar to a human eye—but, unlike human eyes, it can regrow itself if injured or even amputated. New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research has established the apple snail as a novel research organism to study eye regeneration, with the...

medicalxpress.com

 

[GaryE]

She was the apple snail of my eye....

 

[Back in the fold]

Very interesting .

 

[emeraldking]

Those who miss an eye or who are blind would love this to happen to humans as well...

Nowadays, apple snails are forbidden to be sold within the EU. I used to have those too. But with the enormous number of offspring, And how fast they grew, I've sold all of them at the vivaristic events when it was still allowed.

 

[jaylach]

I don't know if I would want sight returned to my blind right eye. That may sound strange but I've been blind in that eye for 51 years. I'd have to learn to judge depth all over again.

Snails! I LIKE snails but have not been able to keep due to cichlids eating them. Since I'm going away from cichlids I may even get some.