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Eating Rare Giant Sea Snails
In this episode, I uncover one of Vietnam’s most elusive seafood dishes—grilled thorny conch, cooked and served right in its shell. This rare preparation involves boiling, slicing, and charcoal ...
In this episode, I take you deep into Tokyo’s legendary fish markets to uncover one of the most bizarre sea creatures I’ve ever encountered—a giant sea snail that looks straight out of a sci-fi movie.
The Department of Conservation (DOC) has managed this captive population of Powelliphanta augusta since 2006, when the former ...
Invasive alien species, like the giant African snail, pose a threat to India's biodiversity and economy, requiring stronger ...
The first new species, Peltospira gargantua, was found on a black smoker chimney in the Hydra field at a depth of about ...
Two thousand giant snails are living in fridges on the West Coast as an insurance policy for the Department of Conservation, ...
Stone snail-crushers, like all other Labrochromis found in Lake Victoria, are known as “mouthbrooding care giver (s),” meaning the females of the species hold their eggs in their mouths until they ...
They are carnivores that slurp up earthworms like noodles, and are some of the world’s largest snails, with oversized, distinctive shells in a range of rich earth colours and swirling patterns.
The six painted snail species belong to the genus Polymita. This one is a Polymita picta—the largest, at more than an inch in diameter. Photograph by Bruno D'Amicis Warmer temperatures and more ...
Around the islands inside Lake Victoria, Tanzania, two new species of fish are on the hunt for snails. Omar via Unsplash In Lake Victoria, the largest tropical lake in the world, rocky outcrops ...