megagroundsloth - a part of my story

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This post is part of the artistic performance The Happening on Instagram.

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Published on Thursday, 11th March 2021 at 11:43 AM

Giant African land snail
(Achatina fulica, "White Jade")
pushes off its epiphragm. 🐌

An epiphragm is created to seal the aperture of the shell against desiccation. The main function is to reduce water loss during inactivity. It also protects against parasites and predators. Certain species of snails can remain alive as they pass through the digestive tract of predators because of the protection from the digestive enzymes.

Species in this post: Giant African land snail Lissachatina fulica
Topic: ➟ Snails

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This post is part of the artistic performance The Happening on Instagram.

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Creator of this post is Frederic Hilpert

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