Today I went to see the rarest snails in the world. These critically endangered mollusks exist only in a little pond in Banff. Since it's a sulphur hot spring, the whole area smells of snail farts.
In other news, I sold another poem.
https://bowvalleynaturalists.org/natural-history/snails/ #snail #CriticallyEndangered #SpeciesAtRisk #molluscs #mollusk #FreshwaterSnail #WildlifePhotography #PoetryCommunity
I totally forgot @KateShaw released new episode today, and I just found out it's about cephalopods ... the other other cephalopods.
https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/04/07/episode-427-the-other-cephalopods/
listening now.
#BiologicalInvasions expert Prof. Franz Essl from Austria gave a seminar today at #LincolnUniversityNZ. He showed a study of the global distribution of slugs and snails. Natives show distinct biogeographic regions. Australasian snails were different from African snails which were different from South American snails. Yet, naturalised snails (moved around the world by people) were just temperate and tropical. We are dramatically simplifying the natural world by moving species about. #molluscs
A Violet Snail (Janthina sp.) preying on a By-the-wind Sailor (Velella velella)
"Functional mapping of the molluscan brain guided by synchrotron X-ray tomography", Crossley et al. 2025
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40014565/
You have a nose as well.
These speakers are designed to get right up it.
Whereas the Chinesium ones only do both ears and one nostril, which will not have that fully shafted audiophile feel.
One has to look out for these cheap cost-cutting tricks, otherwise one might end up with a plain old chamberless snail shell and not a nautilus at all, from a less reputable manufacturer.
New paper 
with M Lopes-Lima, A Lopes-Lima, L Burlakova, K Douda, Á Alonso, A Karatayev, M Vinarski, A Zieritz & R Sousa. #Non-native #freshwater #molluscs: a brief global review of species, pathways, impacts and management strategies. Hydrobiologia https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-024-05780-3 #BioInvasions
“More than 1,300 tiny snails reintroduced to remote Atlantic island
The Desertas Island land snails have been set free to roam on the uninhabited island of Bugio, near Madeira”
#Molluscs #Gastropods #Madeira #Desertas #Discula #Geomitra
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/28/more-than-1300-tiny-snails-reintroduced-to-remote-atlantic-island
@mads The animal that most blew my mind when I found out about it was the sea swallow.
I'm not sure how I'd not heard about these before.
Just look at it!
They float upside-down under the surface of the open ocean, scooting about looking for food. They eat things like Portuguese man o' war and steal the stinging nematocysts to use for their own defense.
And, they're just crazy-levels of elegant.
Shells - leave them by the shore
"This summer, please leave the sea shells by the seashore. Someone needs that shell more than you. For native wildlife, both occupied and unoccupied shells provide important shelter and sources of calcium and grit."
"If you absolutely must pick something up and take it home, please pick up some of the vast amount of plastic found on Australian beaches."
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https://theconversation.com/this-summer-please-leave-the-sea-shells-by-the-seashore-243157
#shells #seashells #collecting #beach #ecosystems #tourism #hoarding #BeachCombing #marine #wildlife #habitat #MarineParks #molluscs #shellfish #plastic #waste #TakeAway #HolidaySeason
Mollusc encounter, 330 million years later.
Part of the Cefn Mawr Limestone formation, Anglesey.
No better way to start the new #research year than with a new paper! Enjoy our review on #isotope #sclerochronology on #molluscs led by Andy Johnson! 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0277379124005705
molluscs in technology history
#Molluscs #Snails #Technology #History #Blue #Gold #Informational #Wall #Mechanical #Ancient #Img2img #AiArt #AiArtists #AiArtCommunity #StableDiffusion
on actual stuff: https://aieris.art/featured/molluscs-in-technology-history-eris-and-ai.html
Here is a fabulous snail! 
