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A snail releases different kinds of mucus depending on the way it is stimulated. When the stimulation is normal, the slime is viscous (sticky) but if the snail is disturbed continuously or even violently, it releases clear foamy secretions. If the snail is sexually aroused the slime it releases is clear and
Within the snails, two successive generations of sporocysts occur; Sporocysts give rise to the infective free-swimming larvae with forked tails called cercariae, and they leave the snails to enter the water; Cercariae find the human hosts and penetrate their skin; Upon entrance into the human hosts, cercariae lose their tails and become ...
Cone snail venom apparatus. There are approximately 30 records of humans killed by cone snails. Human victims suffer little pain, because the venom contains an analgesic component. Some species reportedly can kill a human in under five minutes, thus the name "cigarette snail" as supposedly one only has time to smoke a cigarette before dying.
The anatomy of a common air-breathing land snail: much of this anatomy does not apply to gastropods in other clades or groups. Snails are distinguished by an anatomical process known as torsion, where the visceral mass of the animal rotates 180° to one side during development, such that the anus is situated more or less above the head. This ...
The sea creatures are one of the most poisonous fish. They also really hate it when people step on them. When that happens, the fish immediately release venom into whatever disturbed it.
The animal emits a thin and copious slime. [3] ... It can be confused with Neptunea antiqua (red whelk), which is poisonous to humans. [8] Ecology and population decline
Thanks to technology, there's no shortage of weird things you can put on your face in the quest for clearer, brighter, plumper, blemish-free skin.
Molluscicides (/ m ə ˈ l ʌ s k ɪ ˌ s aɪ d s,-ˈ l ʌ s-/) [1] [2] – also known as snail baits, snail pellets, or slug pellets – are pesticides against molluscs, which are usually used in agriculture or gardening, in order to control gastropod pests specifically slugs and snails which damage crops or other valued plants by feeding on them.