Niranjan Shrestha / AP

Harvesting snails in Nepal

A Nepalese girl looks for snails, used for medicinal purpose, in a paddy field on the outskirts of Kathmandu, Nepal, Aug. 25.

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    Reply#1 - Sat Aug 25, 2012 1:35 PM EDT

    It is a very unusual and beautiful picture showing the girl in the long grass.

      Reply#2 - Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:33 PM EDT

      Ohh!
      How beautiful! And how interesting that snails are used in medicine.

        Reply#3 - Sun Aug 26, 2012 10:53 AM EDT

        My sweet grandmother was born in the Azore Islands, [1900, and came to America when she was 11 years old] . She told me many stories. One was how as a little girl she gathered huge snails from the sea shore. She and her family loved to eat them as one would eat abalone.

          Reply#4 - Mon Aug 27, 2012 9:16 AM EDT
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