These two snails were engaged in a thrilling race one night outside Notre Dame.
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Let's hope this wasn't a Conus geographus snail. Their venom is said to leave you barely enough time to smoke a cigarette. Hence their colloquial name, the cigarette snail.
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Cité, which opened in 1910 and serves Line 4, is the only station of the Paris Métro located on the Île de la Cité. It features one of the original art nouveau entrances designed by Hector Guimard.
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Marché aux Fleurs et Oiseaux (The Market of Flowers and Birds), just blocks away from Notre Dame in the Place Louis-Lépine, is open seven days a week and offers a wide variety of flowers. On Sundays, the flowers are replaced with a caged bird market.
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Marché aux Fleurs et Oiseaux (The Market of Flowers and Birds), just blocks away from Notre Dame in the Place Louis-Lépine, is open seven days a week and offers a wide variety of flowers. On Sundays, the flowers are replaced with a caged bird market.
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