Demigodrick to

Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 1 year ago

'Determined' snails eating villagers' mail

www.bbc.co.uk

'Determined' snails eating villagers' mail

www.bbc.co.uk

Demigodrick to

Interesting Global News@lemmy.zipEnglish • 1 year ago

Snails eating mail in Lewdown village postbox

www.bbc.co.uk

A sign on a postbox in the village of Lewdown warns residents their mail might have "nibble marks".

Chat

livus
link
fedilink
4•1 year ago
I used to have this problem with slugs, but they liked the ink and would eat the writing off.

Interesting Global News@lemmy.zip

!globalnews@lemmy.zip

Create a post

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !globalnews@lemmy.zip

What is global news?

Something that happened or was uncovered recently anywhere in the world. It doesn’t have to have global implications. Just has to be informative in some way.

Post guidelines

Title format

Post title should mirror the news source title.

URL format

Post URL should be the original link to the article (even if paywalled) and archived copies left in the body. It allows avoiding duplicate posts when cross-posting.

[Opinion] prefix

Opinion (op-ed) articles must use [Opinion] prefix before the title.

Rules

1. English only

Title and associated content has to be in English.

2. No social media posts

Avoid all social media posts. Try searching for a source that has a written article or transcription on the subject.

3. Respectful communication

All communication has to be respectful of differing opinions, viewpoints, and experiences.

4. Inclusivity

Everyone is welcome here regardless of age, body size, visible or invisible disability, ethnicity, sex characteristics, gender identity and expression, education, socio-economic status, nationality, personal appearance, race, caste, color, religion, or sexual identity and orientation.

5. Ad hominem attacks

Any kind of personal attacks are expressly forbidden. If you can’t argue your position without attacking a person’s character, you already lost the argument.

6. Off-topic tangents

Stay on topic. Keep it relevant.

7. Instance rules may apply

If something is not covered by community rules, but are against lemmy.zip instance rules, they will be enforced.

Companion communities

!legalnews@lemmy.zip - International and local legal news.
!technology@lemmy.zip - Technology, social media platforms, informational technologies and tech policy.
!interestingshare@lemmy.zip - Interesting articles, projects, and research that doesn’t fit the definition of news.

Icon attribution | Banner attribution

225 users / day
1.07K users / week
2.81K users / month
10.2K users / 6 months
2.5K subscribers
4.19K Posts
12.7K Comments
Modlog

mods:
BrikoX