Snails in a sentence

He’s talking about cone snails, colorful yet highly venomous sea snails.

Other farmers said the snails impacted about 20 percent of their crop, either by having to throw out blades with eggs or pulling them early to harvest before the snails lay their eggs.

The larvae live in snails and slugs, as well as the faeces from infected dogs or foxes which is where the slugs and snails pick it up from.

Visitors to Chittenango Falls State Park often climb the fence around the snails’ habitat and onto the rocks around the waterfall, inadvertently stepping on snails, Rundell said.

The black rat shows a preference for snails with larger shells (greater than 10 mm), and this led to a great decline in the population of snails with larger shells.

The results suggest that the parasites were more highly effective in infecting their sympatric snails than their allopatric snails.

Though the allopatric snails were still infected by the parasites, the infectivity was much less when compared to the sympatric snails.

Any parent will tell you that children are 30-40 per cent mud, soil, clinging snails and unidentifiable vegetable matter.

Broken bits of shells found in a cave in South Africa have given researchers the earliest evidence for prehistoric people roasting and eating snails.

Children are more adventurous with food during holidays - thinking nothing of tucking into bao buns, empanadas, and even snails when abroad.

Food could make the snails more alert to potential food sources nearby; brushes with danger could sharpen their sensitivity to threats.

In contrast, the snails did not learn this positive association from a weak training session, in which a bath flavored with coconut was followed by a much more diluted sugar treat.

Lungworm, a potentially life-threatening disease in young dogs, can be picked up from eating infected slugs or snails.

Sauteed snails are next, with mushrooms and a parsley sponge (and butter); followed by a coq au vin, prosciutto-wrapped chicken in a red wine sauce; with a poire Belle-Helene to finish, a vanilla poached pear with chocolate sauce and truffle ice cream.

The Center also aims to preserve a natural environment by introducing reef cleaners such as fish, snails, crabs, and sea urchins.

The rain can increase the spread of potentially deadly bacteria, and moist conditions also create the perfect environment for parasite-ridden slugs and snails.

The researchers were also surprised to find juvenile cone snails didn't feed on fish like the adults of the species.

The six-course tasting menu is mind-bending, with takes on veal and lamb, sea snails and urchins, but you might doubt your senses when looking at the price: it’s not cheap at €530 with wine pairings for two.

The snails breed rapidly at a rate of 1,200 eggs per year, the agency noted.

The snails were meant to be eaten, authorities aid.