Download or read book A World in a Shell written by Thom van Dooren and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the trails of Hawai‘i’s snails to explore the simultaneously biological and cultural significance of extinction. In this time of extinctions, the humble snail rarely gets a mention. And yet snails are disappearing faster than any other species. In A World in a Shell, Thom van Dooren offers a collection of snail stories from Hawai‘i—once home to more than 750 species of land snails, almost two-thirds of which are now gone. Following snail trails through forests, laboratories, museums, and even a military training facility, and meeting with scientists and Native Hawaiians, van Dooren explores ongoing processes of ecological and cultural loss as they are woven through with possibilities for hope, care, mourning, and resilience. Van Dooren recounts the fascinating history of snail decline in the Hawaiian Islands: from deforestation for agriculture, timber, and more, through the nineteenth century shell collecting mania of missionary settlers, and on to the contemporary impacts of introduced predators. Along the way he asks how both snail loss and conservation efforts have been tangled up with larger processes of colonization, militarization, and globalization. These snail stories provide a potent window into ongoing global process of environmental and cultural change, including the largely unnoticed disappearance of countless snails, insects, and other less charismatic species. Ultimately, van Dooren seeks to cultivate a sense of wonder and appreciation for our damaged planet, revealing the world of possibilities and relationships that lies coiled within a snail’s shell.
Download or read book The Waverley Pictorial Dictionary Volume Vii Snail Zymotic written by Harold Wheeler and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-26 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
Download or read book Sea Snails written by Joseph Heller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book presents the diversity and natural history of sea snail groups. By integrating aspects of morphology, ecology, evolution and behaviour, it describes how each group copes with problems of defence, locomotion, nutrition, reproduction and embryonic development. First come general characteristics of the Mollusca, to which snails belong; and next, characteristics by which snails (Gastropoda) differ from other molluscs. Then a broad, panoramic view of all major sea snail groups, from the primitive to the more advanced, is presented, including both the more abundant and some remote ones of special interest. In detailing primitive sea snails, first limpets (Patellogastropoda) are described, followed by brush snails (Vetigastropoda: top-shells, turbans and allies) and nerites (Neritimorpha), a small group with remarkably high variation in shell colour and in habitats. In looking at advanced-snails (Caenogastropoda), it details the herbivorous grazers and filter-feeders and the many voracious predators, some which use venomous darts. The book also covers sea slugs (Opisthobranchia), which have shifted from mechanical to chemical defence; some are herbivores, some use their food to harness solar energy, others are predators that gain stinging cells and poisonous compounds from their food. In addition, readers will learn about aspects of sea snails in human culture, including use as sacred artefacts and objects of magic and money, as a source of the royal and sacred dyes of purple and blue and as holy ceremonial trumpets. The text, in which scientific terms are accompanied by parallel common ones, is accompanied by over 200 illustrations (mostly in colour). This comprehensive, insightful portrait of sea snails will appeal to marine biologists, zoology lecturers and students, biology teachers, field-school instructors, nature reserve wardens, amateur naturalists, as well as to lecturers and learners of human culture.
Download or read book The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating written by Elisabeth Tova Bailey and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bedridden and suffering from a neurological disorder, the author recounts the profound effect on her life caused by a gift of a snail in a potted plant and shares the lessons learned from her new companion about her the meaning of her life and the life of the small creature.
Download or read book Snail written by Karen Hartley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple introduction to the physical characteristics, diet, life cycle, predators, habitat, and lifespan of snails.
Download or read book Effects of Temperature on Growth and Reproduction of Aquatic Snails written by Henry Van der Schalie and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flukes and Snails Revisited written by D. Rollinson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summarises the current state of various studies investigating snail-parasite relationships.
Download or read book Snail written by Peter Williams and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So attached was the author Patricia Highsmith to snails that they became her constant travelling companions. Often hidden in a large handbag, they provided her with comfort and companionship in what she perceived to be a hostile world. Theirs was perhaps an unusual relationship; for most of us the tentacled snail with his sticky trail might be a delicious treat served up in garlic butter but certainly not an affectionate pet. As well, for many a gardener, opinions on the snail and slug (which is a just a snail without a shell) have been shaped by the harm they inflict on vegetable plants and seedlings. With Snail, Peter Williams wishes to change our perspectives on this little but much-maligned creature. Beginning with an overview of our relationship with snails, slugs, and sea snails, Williams moves on to examine snail evolution; snail behavior and habitat; snails as food, medicine, and the source of useful chemicals and dyes; snail shells as collectible objects; and snails in literature, art, and popular culture. Finally, in this appreciative account of the snail, Williams offers a plea for a reconsideration of the snail as a dignified, ancient creature that deserves our respect. Containing beautiful illustrations and written in an approachable, informal style, Snail will help readers get beyond the shell and slime to discover the fascinating creature inside.
Download or read book The Life Cycle of a Snail written by Chris Brough and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the physical characteristics, mating, reproduction, hibernation, and natural environment of the snail.
Download or read book The Life Cycle of a Snail written by L. L. Owens and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains what a life cycle is and how life cycles allow for the continuation of life. The text describes the different stages of a snail's life, including hatching from an egg, growth of its body and shell, and reproduction.
Download or read book Snail Biology and Management Techniques written by Angela Ufele and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DO YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO MAKE HUGE PROFITS FROM SNAILS? In this well researched book, the author Professor Cordelia Ifeyinwa Ebenebe uses her vast experience to document years of studies about Snails and Snail Farming highlighting the pros and cons of such a venture. With the apparent inability of conventional animal protein sources to meet the animal protein requirements of Nigeria's fast growing population, there is need to utilize other non-conventional meat sources if Nigeria will attain self sufficiency in meat production. Snail is one of such alternative animal protein sources with unique potential for providing animal protein needs even for landless households in the community. Snail meat is not only rich in protein, but also minerals especially iron and calcium. It is also low in fat. This makes it a useful meat for people with fat related diseases such as high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and obesity. Snail also has a lot of medicinal properties. Its high iron content is useful in treatment of anemic condition. The glandular substance in snail is used in treating a lot of ailments including whooping cough.Harnessing the usefulness of the snail as a meat animal, demands that snail rearing must go beyond the subsistence rearing system to commercial production scale found in Europe and most Asian countries. This book provides information on the snail biology and management techniques and therefore constitutes a veritable working tool for prospective snail farmers in achieving high margin profitability in snail enterprise. IMPORTANT FACTS Here are some of the important facts you will learn from this book: ★ Classes of Snails ★ External Features of Snails ★ Breeding of Snails ★ Snail Farming and Management ★ Benefits of Snail Farming ★ Nutritional Value of Snails ★ Medicinal Value of Snails ★ Intercontinental and Local Dishes with Snails ★ Uses of Giant Land Snails in Research and Industries FIGURES AND DIAGRAMS To enhance your reading and understanding of the subject, many figures and diagrams are used each well labelled to elucidiate the points covered in the respective chapter. The author also makes several references that are clearly listed in the Reference Section while the Glossary Section defines the scientific terms used throughout the book. Indeed this book is a must read for anyone that wants to do a research about snails or venture into any enterprise relating to Snail Farming. Scroll up and click the buy button to get your copy of this comprehensive book.
Download or read book Snail Farming Risk Factors Diseases and Conservation Practice in the Humid Tropics written by Samuel Ekwu and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-16 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 2016 in the subject Agrarian Studies, grade: 4.4, course: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, language: English, abstract: This paper examines the various human and non-human factors endangering snail species' population, growth, development and reproduction both in the wild and under domestication; it also highlights the diseases affecting edible snails, conservation consciousness and preventive management practices to be adopted by snail farmers in West Africa in order to ensure the continued existence of these indigenous species with their enormous nutritional, health and economic benefit to mankind. In recent times, the wild snail species population in West Africa has witnessed a steady decline in its population and biodiversity attributed to the impact of human activities, predators, climatic factors and diseases. With the expected 30% rise in the world's population from 7.03 billion in 2010 to 9.14 billion in 2030, adequate measures should be taken and adopted to ensure the continued existence of these economic snails biodiversity in the ecosystem. Some of the unsupported snail hunting and population depleting behaviours of the farmers in the region are highlighted and corrected.
Download or read book Biology and Ecology of Venomous Marine Snails written by Ramasamy Santhanam and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive volume exclusively on marine cone snails, this book provides descriptions of over 100 species of hazardous marine snails along with their biological and ecological characteristics; the characteristics of conotoxins; information on cone snail injuries and their treatment along with prevention measures; and the therapeutic and medicinal value of conotoxins, including as a powerful nonaddictive painkiller, an epilepsy drug, and more. Over 275 color illustrations accompany the text for easy identification.
Download or read book Biological Control of Snails written by T. W. Fisher and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Flukes and Snails written by Christopher Amyas Wright and published by Allen & Unwin Australia. This book was released on 1971 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zombie Snails written by Jolene Alessi and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A worm call Leucochloridium needs to reach a birds stomach in order to reproduce and spread in the birds waste. How it gets there sounds like science fiction! By infesting a snails eyestalks and controlling its brain, this parasite sends the snail into the open with eyestalks that now resemble caterpillars, which are a birds favorite snack. Readers are introduced to the poor zombie snail and its role in the parasite-host relationship. Full-color photographs showcase the incredible changes the snail undergoes once infected by the parasite. Fascinating fact boxes and main content offer readers the gross, but cool, details!
Download or read book Snails written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs describe the life cycle, behavior, and natural habitat of various kinds of snails.
