snails
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This Colourful Snail Is Disappearing Because Of Over-Fishing And Shell Collectors
This is the “flamingo tongue snail,” one of the most brightly coloured snails on the reefs of the South Atlantic. It used to be a common sight, but in recent years has been disappearing, either because fate has a cruel sense of humour or people are uneducated jerks. Or both.
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Glow-In-The-Dark Snails Make Boring Research Beautiful
A group of researchers from the ecology department at the UK’s University of Exeter have been spending time studying how snails transmit a parasite called lungworm to dogs. Ah, my god, how boring. But they made something beautiful out of the project when they attached LEDs to the slow-moving slugs to track their movements at…
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Tiny Snails Look Like Cute Little Boogers
Unlike the world’s biggest bugs, these Partula snails are so small they look like little ants wearing a Halloween snail costume. And even though I usually hate bugs, when you miniaturize them, they look kind of cute!