If you thought human birth was seriously twisted, get a load of the Mount Augustus snail from New Zealand. This giant carnivorous gastropod pushes 5-millimeter-wide eggs out of a pore just below ...

The snails have an opening below their head to use for mating instead, Walker said, which is why they lay eggs through their neck.

Rangers witnessed a captive Powelliphanta augusta snail lay an egg from its neck, and they managed to catch it on video for the first time ever. New Zealand Department of Conservation A small ...

Gruner told The Guardian that the team "struck lucky" and captured the moment on camera. The snails lay roughly five eggs annually, which can take longer than a year to hatch, per a news release.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The strange reproductive habits of a large, carnivorous New Zealand snail were once shrouded in mystery. Now footage of the snail laying an egg from its neck has ...

The snail or the egg? How marine snails switched from laying eggs to giving birth Date: January 4, 2024 Source: Institute of Science and Technology Austria Summary: Animals reproduce in one of two ...

The snails have an opening below their head to use for mating instead, Walker said, which is why they lay eggs through their neck.

A rare New Zealand snail has been filmed for the first time squeezing an egg from its neck, delighting scientists trying to save the critically endangered meat-eating mollusc. A conservation ...

A rare snail from New Zealand was filmed for the first time laying an egg through its neck, and experts said they "struck lucky" by capturing it all on camera.

Gruner told The Guardian that the team "struck lucky" and captured the moment on camera. The snails lay roughly five eggs annually, which can take longer than a year to hatch, per a news release.