Climate change gets the jump on snails

Climate change gets the jump on snails

ABC News

14 January 2014


It's been an escape technique for humpbacked conch snails for thousands of years - a flicking foot that is triggered when they smell predators.

But ocean acidification may put a hitch in the getaway of the snails with James Cook University researchers finding that the snails' jumping response is compromised as CO2 levels in the water rise. Read more

 

 

 

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