‘We sometimes milked 3,000 snails a day!’: the dying art of milking molluscs
- Posted on May 16, 2025
- By The Guardian
- 1 Views
‘We sometimes milked 3,000 snails a day!’: the dying art of milking molluscs
For 1,500 years, Mexico’s Mixtec people have extracted ink from the rare purpura snail to dye yarn. But they fear the species – and their rich tradition – may soon be lost for ever
