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Cecilioides acicula, common name the "blind snail" or "blind awlsnail", is a species of very small, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Ferussaciidae. [2] This is a subterranean species.
The Otway Black Snail Victaphanta compacta is only found in hot temperate rainforests in Australia. It is one of four species of the carnivorous land snails in the genus Victaphanta and is endemic to the Otway Ranges. [3] The Otway Black Snail was first described as Paryphanta compacta (Cox and Hedley 1912).
The whimsical lyrics feature animals such as porpoises, snails and lobsters. The snail is invited to join a dance in which he would be cast into the English Channel towards France, but he fearfully declines. The reason is left unspoken in the song, but France is known for its consumption of escargot. [1]
Although snails infected by other Leucochloridium species are reported to continue to reproduce, [3] snails infected by L. paradoxum often show a reduction of the sexual organs. [ 6 ] The appearance and behaviour of the sporocysts is a case of aggressive mimicry , where the parasite vaguely resembles the food of the host, thereby gaining the ...
"Turn Blue" is a song by American rock band The Black Keys, and the title track from their album Turn Blue. It was co-written and co-produced by the band and Danger Mouse. The song was written in February 2013 while The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach and his wife Stephanie Gonis were in the midst of divorce proceedings. [1]
Many of them have been monitoring the new subtype of H5N1 avian flu in migratory birds since 2020. "It almost seems like a pandemic unfolding in slow motion," said Scott Hensley, a professor of ...
A blind mole-rat Visual perception in animals plays an important role in the animal kingdom, most importantly for the identification of food sources and avoidance of predators. For this reason, blindness in animals is a unique topic of study.
An Australian woman went blind for three weeks following a tattoo that left the sclera of her eyeballs bright blue. In an interview with Barcroft TV last month, 24-year-old Amber Luke, of Brisbane ...