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Martin H. Eastburn wrote:
> The locals might not understand what or why but those touching the shell
> might get very ill...
* remember that toxic-plumaged Birds were unknown until they were
discovered in New Guinea a few years ago...
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/12/the_evolution_of_poisonous_bir.php
...and since snails are chemical specialists, there's no a priori reason
to suppose that some aren't acutely toxic to Peeople.
fred.
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* John Varner <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *To:* [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> *Sent:* Sunday, November 15, 2009 7:38 AM
>> *Subject:* Re: [CONCH-L] New questions
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>> A friend who is a research biologist / arborist recently returned
>> from Peruvian rainforest, where some of the locals had advised him
>> not to handle one of the local landsnails because it was
>> venomous. He said that the locals seemed to asiduously follow
>> their own advice to him, though they didn't hesitate to handle
>> other species of land snails.
>> Does anyone know of Peruvian landsnails that are dangerous,
>> either because they are venomous or vectors of disease?
>>
>> - John
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