Lol, the French weren’t eating enough snails!
I’d eat a crow before I’d eat a snail.
The whole Permian period, stretching from about 300 million to 250 million years ago, saw gradual warming. This would have slowed down circulation in the ocean, eventually leading to very low levels of oxygen in the water. Massive volcanism near the end of the Permian might have wreaked even further havoc on the environment.
Redneck mollusks clung tenaciously to their SUVs rather than embrace hybrid vehicles! A simple government ban on SUVs might've saved ninety-five percent of the Earth's species!