With the arrival of spring, ovicapsules begin to be observed on the beaches of Buenos Aires. What are they and what to do with them? The answers are given by the Pinamar Ecological Foundation.
The organization explained that the ovicapsules are the eggs of marine snails. Once fertilized, they grow and float, letting themselves be carried by the currents.
“After the male and female mate and fertilization occurs, the female black snail molds, with her foot and outside her body, an ovigerous capsule or ovicapsule,” they explained.
Thus, this capsule includes nutritional liquid and between 9 and 33 fertilized eggs that will develop into embryos. “These ovicapsules are not attached to a rock or other material and measure around 5 to 7 cm in diameter,” the Foundation added.
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Along these lines, they highlighted that they are ovoid – they are egg-shaped – and are made of a translucent and flexible material that turns brown. Likewise, when it dries it becomes brittle.
About the black snail
The black snail is found only on the oceanic coast of the southeast and south of Brazil, Uruguay and in Argentina on the Buenos Aires coast.
As mentioned from the Pinamar organizationsnails take about a month to develop and hatch from the egg. Meanwhile, each snail then begins its life independently.
The ovicapsules that the arrivals bring to the Atlantic coast.
As for what to do with the ovicapsules, the ecological entity recommended first checking if they are properly closed. In that case, they must be returned to the sea. “Anyway, when the tide rises they will be returned alone,” they clarified.
On the other hand, they assured that to see the golden ovicapsules, you have to walk along the shore at sunset from north to south. Thus, around 7 p.m. “you will see fantastic golden lights, like scattered pearls adorning the sea,” they closed.
