greg han: i was just,t, i don't know, staring off f in the distance while scrubbing dishes and d i sawhis litittle bit of briight blue that did not loook like e anything you wowould seen your backyard. emlyly han: r clclaim to famames we discovered a population of previously undiscovered snails in los angeles. so, we immediatelely started looking for more snails and found a bunch of other really tiny, little snails. he put a picture of the snails on instagram, and once he did that, we got a notification that scientists and other snail enthusiasts were very excited about this snail find. woman: it looks great back here, emily. emily han: thanks. woman: and i contacted gregory to say, can i come out and get it because we don't have any of those specimens in the collection.. yep, thatat's xerotricha a ther. and who's this little guy? emily han: is that a cochlicella barbara? a really teeny, tininy one? vendetttti: yep, that's a juvenile. so, in fefebruary 1 of 2016, i came out here, the hans ininvited me, and we just did a little exploration of their backyard and collected xerotricha cons