Sanguine Litter Snail/Pūpū kani oe (Laminella sanguinea)While many other species of colorful Hawaiia
Sanguine Litter Snail/Pūpū kani oe (Laminella sanguinea)While many other species of colorful Hawaiian snails live in trees, the small sanguine litter snail instead chooses to live on the ground, specifically in leaf litter. Because its shell is extremely colorful, it camouflages itself with debris (some of which is its own poop). The camouflage may have originally developed as protection against birds at a time when there were more native Hawaiian birds around to hunt it, but many of those birds are now extinct or have declined in numbers. Like the birds before it, this little snail is also marching towards extinction and is currently considered to be critically endangered.The Hawaiian name for this snail is pūpū kani oe which translates to “shell that sounds with a long whistle”, or “singing shell.”Etsy | DeviantArt | Instagram -- source link
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