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Everything Biology => Zoology => Topic started by: Orstio on November 21, 2004, 03:14:21 AM


Title: Evolution At A Snail`s Pace
Post by: Orstio on November 21, 2004, 03:14:21 AM
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Most visitors to the seaside are content to ride donkeys, eat ice cream, and build sandcastles. But, University of Leeds scientists have no time for sunbathing: they are witnessing the birth of a new species on the rocky shores of North Yorkshire.

(http://www.everything-science.com/images/stories/p_3125_18994_1.jpg)Littorina saxatilis (right) is an unremarkable rough periwinkle – a small, grey-brown sea-snail which litters the coast by the million. But it has overcome its lack of charisma and grabbed the attention of

Much better.... :1thumbup

Title: Re: Evolution At A Snail`s Pace
Post by: remcook on November 21, 2004, 03:33:11 AM
aaahhh pictjurs!


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