Snail

Chittenango Ovate Amber Snail. The Chittenango ovate amber snail was federally listed as endangered in 1978 (43 FR 28932 28935, July 3, 1978). Their range is restricted to one location, a 100 foot waterfall located at Chittenango State Park in Central New York. This species feeds on species grown within the waterfall spray, such as minute algae and microflora. Chittenango ovate amber snails live approximately two and a half years and mate from the months of April until June. They are…

Ingrown toenail is a popular term for Onychocryptosis, which is a common case of nail disease. The word ingrown explains abnormal grow of nails into the flesh. Although common, this condition is painful and can be infectious. The warm and moist environment of the feet can be breeding ground for bacteria that can cause this condition. These are some details of ingrown toenails. ● A toenail has grown into your skin instead of over it. ● Your nail is curved into the skin, usually at the nail…

Darwinian Snails: Introduction The flat periwinkle is a small snail that lives on seaweeds growing on rocky shores in New England (McRae 2016). The scientific name of the periwinkle snail is Littorina obtusata. They were first introduced to the Atlantic Coast during the 19th century. These snails are known mainly for a morphological trait, the variation of shell thickness within the population. Several studies have been done already to study the evolution of the periwinkle snails shell…

Reading some of the essays in “The Medusa and the Snail”, were really hard to understand what Lewis Thomas was trying to say. The book as a whole talked about a variety of topics that included Thomas’ view on connectedness, death, health, the healthcare system, the advancement of science and more. There were essays that I understood well as it opened my mind about life and those around me. These essays are, “The Deacon’s Masterpiece”, “On Committees”, and “Notes on Punctuation”. To begin,…

well as different organisms produce carbon dioxide. The first thing that we will be comparing is the difference between a snail and a crayfish. We want to see which organism will produce more carbon dioxide than the other. I believe that the crayfish will produce more carbon dioxide than the snail simply because of size and activity. Typically, crayfish are larger than snails and more active,…

“Freshwater Snail Ecology in the Cahaba River” public lecture by Dr. Tolley-Jordan from Jacksonville State University, took place at Birmingham Botanical Gardens on February 16, 2017, at 7:00 pm. The speaker synthesized her whole presentation in this statement: “What to do without Keys? Unlocking the amazing biodiversity of Alabama’s freshwater snails and the worms that live within them”. Alabama is home to 173 of 516 species of North America freshwater gastropods, and home of 118(is) of the 162…

Ingrown toenails is a condition when the corner or one side of the toenail grows into the soft flesh of the finger. This results in pain, swelling, and skin around the nails become reddish. The condition of the ingrown toenails needs to be treated before it extends to more serious health problems. If not immediately treated, the infection can occur in the tissue around the bones in the toes and fingers. Anyone who has ever had ingrown toenails maybe knowing how much pain, annoying, and this…

flat periwinkle snails with various sizes in shell thickness. In Exercise 1 of the simulation, the starting population of snails was 50. To begin the simulation, I was to act like a European green crab and select which snails from the population I wanted to eat by clicking on each snail. I was to eat snails until the population was at 25. Once I had eaten my meal, the crab was to go away for a while to allow the snails to reproduce in order to get the population back up to 50 snails. Once the…

California. About 120 snails were collected from the rocky intertidal zone, 60 from exposed (waves) shore and 60 from shelter (rocks) shores. Crabs traps baited with raw fish were used to catch male C. maenas between 6-7 mm width also from Fitzgerald J V Marine Reserve. Snails and crabs were kept in aerated tanks filled with water collected from 1km of the reserves. The crabs were acclimated and starved for 24-48 hours to increase their motivation to feed. Before the trials snail shells were…

According to Woogeng et.al (2013), in extreme drought, snail breeding sites could be eliminated due to the drying up of snail habitats and excess rainfall resulting in floods create turbulence in the snail…