A snail-eating snake Pareas iwasakii approaching a snail Satsuma c. caliginosa with the defensive shell.

P. iwasakii in the field.

What's new?

Oral presentation had been done at Evolution 2009 in Idaho (June 13).

I thank John Dennehy, Jeremy Yoder, Matt Labrum, Kevin Emerson and Paul Hurtado for introducing my presentation! I'll be back to the next meeting to entertain you again.

Successful predation on a dextral snail by a snake [1.9 MB]
Unsuccessful predation on a sinistral snail by a snake [2.0 MB]
Unsuccessful predation on a defensive-shelled dextral snail by a snake [2.9 MB]
Other movies are also available. Please contact me: hoso (a) m.tains.tohoku.ac.jp