The land snail Satsuma caliginosa sheds its "tail" (or foot) to escape a snake predator. Here, the snail is regenerating its tail. Adult S. caliginosa have shells with armored openings. The hole from ...
Better to lose your foot than your life, at least if you're a snail. In a move reminiscent of certain lizards that can voluntarily detach their tails, young Satsuma caliginosa snails self-amputate ...
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Snails: Nature’s Surprisingly Stretchy Wonders
Snails are slow-going, but some serious muscles (and an extra foot) are hidden underneath the large shells they carry.
One man’s favorite sexual fantasy involves an unusual form of foreplay. A woman’s shapely foot–preferably clad in socks–caresses a squirming snail or crawdad. Then it bears down on the creature, ...
Better to lose your foot than your life, at least if you're a snail. In a move reminiscent of certain lizards that can voluntarily detach their tails, young Satsuma caliginosa snails self-amputate ...
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