I’d be more surprised if their diet didn’t include snails. They’re abundant, nourishing and (above all) easy to catch - no chance of being injured by a wounded, rampaging escargot.
I wonder if the fact that snails still form a significant part of the diet of the French and Spanish (I saw large bags of snails at a market in Valencia only a few weeks back) is linked at all to those places being the last refuge of the Neanderthal?
no chance of being injured by a wounded, rampaging escargotSomebody will figure out a way, just give 'em time.