You're right Fibs! I even hear he's been known to throw a friendly one as well when provoked. Well, a paddle it will have to be this year!

Alas, the canals are freshwater and whelks will not survive therein so we shall have to make do either with the local water snails or their terrestrial equivalents.

I am intrigued by your last aside to our fellow beauties...will this be a listenable or a wearable...?

moo