Ever seen a carnivorous snail lay an egg through its neck? You can now. The threatened Powelliphanta augusta snail in New Zealand is endemic to a mined mountain habitat; conservationists filming snails in captivity witnessed this rare event for the first time in 12 years. These slow-reproducing, long-lived hermaphroditic snails take eight years to mature and lay about five eggs annually, which can take over a year to hatch. Relocation efforts have helped the captive population slowly grow after
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Ever seen a carnivorous snail lay an egg through its neck? You can now. The threatened Powelliphanta augusta snail in New Zealand is endemic to a mined mountain habitat; conservationists filming snails in captivity witnessed this rare event for the first time in 12 years. These slow-reproducing, long-lived hermaphroditic snails take eight years to mature and lay about five eggs annually, which can take over a year to hatch. Relocation efforts have helped the captive population slowly grow after
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