So sad: Rare 'lefty' snail can't find a girlfriend

In this undated handout photograph, Jeremy the 'lefty' snail, whose shell wraps to the left, sits atop the common form of right-coiling, or dextral, shelled snail. Photo: AFP/University of Nottingham

Rare 'lefty' snail Jeremy thought he had got lucky when two potential mates were discovered and brought to Britain's University of Nottingham.

However, a heartbroken Jeremy was left in the cold as the two newcomers, named Lefty and Tomeu, paired up themselves to produce over 170 baby snails earlier in May.