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A 99 million year old snail with 5 cubs trapped in tree resin
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Nationalgeographic.co.id—Snail or conch is the common name given to class members Gastropod Mollusks (belly legged animal). Snail are also hermaphrodites, which means they have both male and female reproductive organs.
Talk about snail, not long ago, scientists discovered a new species snail land trapped in the resin of trees 99 million years ago. Snail it was found in a mine warehouse in Myanmar.
But what makes this finding special is fossil snail caught in childbirth with five children also trapped inside.
It seems fossil still very perfect and the shell is still intact. Children snail it also appears to still be connected to their mother via a slime trail.
“Findings warehouse our novelty is absolutely amazing,” said evolutionary biologist, Dr. Adrienne Jochum from Senckenberg Research and Natural History Museum of the Burgergemeinde Bern.
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