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Researchers egg-static to capture 1st footage of this rare snail spawning from its neck
After a dozen years dedicated to studying a rare species of carnivorous snail, Lisa Flanagan was thrilled to finally film the ...
Footage of rare snail laying an egg from its neck captured for the first time
The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail called the Powelliphanta augusta snailwere once ...
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Long-Lived, Carnivorous, And Freaky: Watch These Snails Lay Eggs Through Their Necks
It is undoubtedly true in conservation circles that things that are cute and fluffy get the most attention. After all, who ...
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Watch a Giant Snail Lay an Egg From a Pore in Its Neck in First-Ever Footage Captured in New Zealand
Conservation rangers took a video of an endangered, captive snail laying a large egg, revealing insight into the creature’s reproductive process ...
Video captures rare moment when snail lays egg through its neck
A ranger who has been caring for the snails for the last 12 years said it's the first time she's seen one lay an egg.
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Rare snail lays eggs from its neck, scientists capture it on video
which they can store until they each fertilize the sperm they’ve received to create eggs,” Flanagan explained.The snails take an extraordinary eight years to reach sexual maturity, and once ...
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Video captures rare moment when snail lays egg through its neck
Kath Walker, a DOC senior science advisor, said in the release that the snails lay eggs through their neck because to their hard shell gets in the way of mating anywhere else on their body.