Thursday 28 June 2007

Where Have All The Snails Gone?


Sometimes an absence is as important as a presence. This place is normally snail (and slug paradise) but searches by 4 adults in Gorseinon and Loughor revealed only 2 snails and 1 slug for a primary school project. There were plenty of woodlice. This month has been very wet and it is a bit colder than usual- does this account for the scarcity of land molluscs?

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