Cuba: The Accidental Eden: Photos: Snails of Cuba
Cuba is known as the “Paradise of Snails," and its Polymita exhibit a wide array of color varieties and markings.
Apr 8th, 2011 |
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Cuba is known as the “Paradise of Snails," and its Polymita exhibit a wide array of color varieties and markings.
A textile cone hunts other snails. Its proboscis contains a harpoon, loaded with a powerful venom called conotoxin. It paralyzes its prey so it can be sucked from its shell and devoured.
One of the most promising new venom-derived drugs actually comes from a very modest-looking sea snail.
Life is no picnic:amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world which is revealed in the NATURE program SECRET GARDEN.
Life is no picnic:amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world which is revealed in the NATURE program SECRET GARDEN.
Life is no picnic:amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world which is revealed in the NATURE program SECRET GARDEN.
Life is no picnic:amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world which is revealed in the NATURE program SECRET GARDEN.
Life is no picnic:amidst the carefully planted flowers and neatly clipped grass there lies a hidden world which is revealed in the NATURE program SECRET GARDEN.
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