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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

A rare tree snail



From Sumatra, Indonesia - this is original footage one of the rarest tree snails known, Amphidromus (Goniodromus) bulowi Fruhstorfer, 1905 - only rediscovered a century after its original description in 1905 and unfortunately well on its way to extinction.

Video uploaded thanks to Mr. John Abbas.
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4 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 20, 2010 at 9:56 PM

    Prosit, very nice snail :)

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  2. David P. CiliaOctober 20, 2010 at 10:50 PM

    Thanks!

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  3. AnonymousOctober 21, 2010 at 1:25 AM

    Hi David, Rare pictures of a rare species..Keep the live video's coming

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  4. JKOctober 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM

    Hi David, great to see a rare snail videoed at last! With deforestation raging into its habitat, this mighty sadly be the first and last footage of this incredible Amphidromus.

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