In 2007 the Aldabra banded snail was declared extinct. In 2014 it was rediscovered. In the meantime it was used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change as an example of extinction caused by global warming. Implications for the reliability of peer review of ideologically fraught science are discussed.\n\n1. http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/41223/title/Snail-Revival-Raises-Peer-Review-Debate/\n2. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/5/581.full\n3. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1750/20121890\n4. http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/10/10/20140771\n5. http://www.forbes.com/sites/paulrodgers/2014/09/20/extinct-snail-rediscovered/\n6. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/483509a.html\n7. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v483/n7391/full/483531a.html\n8. http://pipeline.corante.com/archives/2012/03/29/sloppy_science.php\n\nFor additional recordings on various topics regarding faith and science visit: ItsAboutGod.tv/sls