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Friday, 30 September 2016

Urocoptid

Image: Carlos De Soto Molinari
Look at this cute, little snail!

Image: Simon's Specimen Shells Ltd
And... this one.

Image: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
What a cute, little shell!

Image: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Isn't it... lovely?

There are a lot of lovely snails in the Urocoptidae family. It contains dozens and dozens of land snails found all over the Caribbean and tropical parts of the Americas.

Image: Claude & Amandine EVANNO
They look like maggots!

Image: Claude & Amandine EVANNO
They look like drills!

Image: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
They look like... erm... that.

Image: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
And sometimes, just sometimes, they look almost normal.
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4 comments:

  1. TexWisGirl30 September 2016 at 12:42

    wow! neat!!

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  2. Joseph JG30 September 2016 at 19:43

    Cool, aren't they?

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  3. Esther2 October 2016 at 23:34

    The second last one makes a pretty passable unicorn horn!

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  4. Joseph JG5 October 2016 at 10:28

    Haha! Passable, yeah. I think unicorns might've had a slightly different reputation if their horns were red with teeth things sticking out!

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