>Excellent! Poison not needed. Punch hole to relieve the
>vacuum---wonderful! (It's obvious that the tiny hole had no purpose
>in removing the snail.)
>
>Next question: What accounts for the shape of the hole itself? Is
>it made by the beak of the octopod?
>
>Kay
The radula. Must be made by nonrotational abrasion.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
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