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U.S. Army Protects Critically Endangered Hawaiian Snails from Invasive Predators
February 15th, 2012 |
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Three hundred critically endangered kahuli tree snails (Achatinella mustelina) have a new home this week: a basketball court–size, predator-proof enclosure built for them by the U.S. Army in Hawaii’s Waianae Mountains. The snails, according to the Army, spent the past two years in a lab at the University of Hawaii at Manoa while the new [...]
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