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Wed, 26 May 2010 12:22:56 -0500
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James and other interested people

This is a very very common ability of snails, with virtually all
freshwater snails I have ever seen being capable of this neat trick.
But not to be out done many of their marine cousins can do this as
well. Just put a bunch of live snails in a shallow dish and watch
what happens under a microscope.

Stephanie


At 10:57 AM 26/05/2010, you wrote:
>Yesterday, I saw a small freshwater snail in a ditch down the road. It
>was crawling rapidly just below the water surface, with its foot
>facing upwards: it appeared to be crawling on the surface tension of
>the water. Has anyone seen anything like this before?
>
>Cheers,
>James
>
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