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The sun had just set and a snail named Velveeta appeared to emerge from a slumber, perked up its tentacles and began moving around. Aleia Murawski saw the (slow) motion out of the corner of her eye. She strategically placed a cucumber slice at one end of a miniature model of a grocery store, where she wanted Velveeta to go.
Right on cue, Velveeta made a beeline — as much as any snail can beeline — for the cucumber. Ms. Murawski, an artist based in Michigan, knew she had her shot and began filming with her phone. “Yeeesss,” she whispered. Within two minutes, it was over.