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Snail-transmitted rare condition a threat to children, finds study by Koch
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Children become vulnerable to this infection by coming into direct contact with snails or by consuming contaminated food or playing with toys that carry infective larvae.
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Newly discovered "margarita snails" are bright yellow coloured
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
This chain of tropical islands is home to the only living coral barrier reef in the continental United States, as well as other creatures found nowhere else on the planet. One of these is a recently discovered bright yellow slug named Margaritaville.
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Increased saline spells trouble for freshwater insects like mayflies: Stud
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
Researchers found that mayflies and other freshwater insects typically struggle in environments with higher salinities.
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DRI seizes 306 live exotic animals at Mumbai airport
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
A total of 100 turtles ,62 tortoises ,110 snails ,30 juvenile crabs and 4 sting ray fishes which were concealed with the declared ornamental fishes, were recovered, DRI said in its a statement.
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Study finds how mountain streams can signal climate change
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Riverside (California)[US], April 9 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California have found a new tool that can better assess an important but overlooked indicator of global warming, which is a variety of bugs, worms and snails living in high mountain streams.
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Novel study reveals litter provides habitat for diverse animal communities
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Nottingham [England], January 25 (ANI): While a heap of litter lying in a river may be mistaken as a pollutant by some, however, in a novel study of local rivers, experts at the University of Nottingham in the UK have discovered that more invertebrates - animals without a backbone, such as
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Climate change can threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar 11 (ANI): Climate change can threaten the survival and development of common whelk -- a type of sea snail -- in the mid-Atlantic region, according to a study by scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick.
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People are consuming oysters in months with 'r' from 4000 years
Updated : 6 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Dec 01 (ANI): Tradition dictates only eating wild oysters during months containing the letter 'r' -- from September to April to keep food poisoning at bay and now a new study has suggested that the norm is being followed for at least 4,000 years.
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Sea snail venom offers possibilities of designing human ailments drugs
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Port Blair [India], April 21 (ANI): In a first of its kind study, peptides, from the venom of cone snails, have been identified that opens up possibilities of drug research for several human ailments.
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