An akaleha’ luta (Rota tree snail, Partula lutaensis) crawls down a palm frond on Rota Island.

An akaleha’ dilikao (fragile tree snail, Samoana fragilis) crawls up a tree trunk on Rota Island.

5. This is a sad one
Using long-term monitoring data since 2019, we showed that one population of akaleha' luta (Rota tree snail, Partula lutaensis) and the only known Rota population of akaleha dilikao (fragile tree snail, Samoana fragilis) are shrinking
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Bleached, broken akaleha’ shells, probably chewed by rats.

A pile of New Guinea flatworms (Chamorro: ulu’ atilung, Platydemus manokwari). There are too many flatworms to count.

An unidentified flatworm crawling on a lichen-covered rock on Rota Island. The flatworm is yellow with dark stripes down its back. It is very long and doubled over on itself.

An unidentified ribbon worm crawling on a tree trunk on Rota Island. The ribbon worm is tan with a faint stripe down its back.

6. We started monitoring invasive predators of akaleha' tree snails
🐀Rats
👿New Guinea flatworms - probably the leading cause of akaleha' decline
🪱"Mystery" flatworms & ribbon worms - collected for future identification & DNA analysis
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#snailsunday 🐌

I'm told today is #NationalPumpkinDay and its also #SnailSnunday so...ta dah!!

Mii'chelle in the rain atop a pumpkin. 😁
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Happy #snailsnunday everyone 🐌 ❤️ 🐌

Heres Mii'chelle and Pumpkisnail on a pile o'pumpkins wishing you a lovely evening. 😊

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Happy #snailsnunday 🐌 ❤️ 🐌

Mii'chelle approves of the dahlia we brought back from Quarry Lodge today.

Its a really lovely place; pretty flowers, lots of pumpkins, and best of all the cafe serves scrumptious cake.

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Happy #SnailSnunday 🐌 ❤️ 🐌
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Xanthe looking sparkly after a nice bath (in cooled boiled water) 😁
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#snailsnunday Nameless being a gormless donk in slow motion. "Help! I'm faaallliiinng"
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Or maybe its just underwater ballet snail style?
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A small snail with a beautifully striped house hanging on the side of a dumpster.

Said snail is really small compared to the size of the dumpster.

A small #Snail very big. This was my first quick and dirty test shot with the new 8x zoom on the #iPhone17Pro.

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Snail hanging from the underside of the right leaf of sapling.

Want an #SnailSunday challenge? 🤓 Try to find the snails in these photos!
Partula lutaensis (Family Partulidae, Chamorro: akaleha' Luta)

Answers in the alt text

This snail was much harder to find in the field than in the photo

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Closeup photo of an Oval Ambersnail, its eyes and eye stocks just visible, peeking out over the shell of itself and its mate.

Back with a crowd favorite, the Oval Ambersnail (Novisuccinea ovalis)! Although, I seem to have caught them mid-coitous this time 🙈 just a little peek for #snailsunday (if that's not a thing, I'm making it one now).

#macro #nature #canoneosrebelt5
#snail #natgeo #cannon

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Happy #snailsnunday everyone. 🐌 ❤️ 🐌

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#shropshire #snailsunday #needlefeltsnail #snailsmakemehappy

Happy #snailsnunday 🐌 ❤️ 🐌

Here's Xanthe enjoying a slice of cucumber for breakfast. She'll very sensibly hide under her cork log for the rest of the day. Smart snail. 😊

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I'm begging @beyondshakes.bsky.social to post images of Snail in their recent production of Thersites

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#AdoreSnails

Happy #snailsnunday 🐌 ❤️ 🐌

Mii'chelle found a cool spot by the pond & is admiring the bud on the water lily. 🪷

She *may* have had an unintentional swim but I'm she'll be fine when she's dried out 🫣🤣

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Xanthe looking particularly photogenic today 🥰
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Perfect for #snailsnunday don't you think?

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This is Atlas; a ramshorn snail that managed to fight its way against the current of the outflow pipe all the way to the goldfish tank!

It travelled over 140cm Against The Flow Of Water!!

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I'm not a huge fan of KL onstage, but I enjoyed Part 1 of this afternoon's BBC Radio 4 adaptation.

And I'm delighted this line was retained, of course:
'I can tell why a snail has a house' (1.5)
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A bit of #SnailSunday promotion 👇

Just discovered @FafferofFluff 's excellent #SnailSunday posts

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Happy #SnailSnunday everyone. 🐌 ❤️ 🐌

Went for a walk earlier.
Weather was a bit changeable; rain, sun, rain, sun, on repeat.
Lots of snails about. This silly little one was in a yew hedge.

Hope you're having a lovely Sunday?

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Beautiful Mii'chelle for todays #snailsnunday 🐌 ❤️ 🐌
She's been my mascot, muse, cheerleader and main motivator for nearly a decade. And she hasn't hardly aged a day. 🥰

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#mightiemakers #handmadeuk #slowmade #femalefounders #sunday

Gastropod terrestrialization thread 🤩 #SnailSunday #JoyOfMolluscs

Beautiful sunny #snailsnunday ;
Xanthe being adorable ❤️🐌

Question; what do you call Snails where you are?

I found out this week that in some parts of Norfolk they call them Hoddy Ma Dodds.
Isn't that fantastic?! 🥰

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Akaleha’: Land Snails Explore this photo album by Guampedia on Flickr!

The Chamorro people of the Mariana Islands used to collect tree snails (akaleha) & use them for jewelry & purses. Seeing an akaleha is like finding a forest jewel 💎🐌✨
Amazing historical photos & jewelry:
www.flickr.com/photos/guamp...

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I can find 2 Partula lutaensis in this image. 1. An adult on a leaf just above the right-most diagonal branch in the foreground. It is a little above and to the right of the center of the image. 2. An adult or large subadult on a leaf in front of the second right-most diagonal branch in the foreground. It is in approximately the center of the image.

The small spot on the underside of the leaf in the center of the image is a juvenile Partula lutaensis.

Challenge round:
Can you spot tree snails up in the canopy?
How many can you find?
Answers in captions
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Adult Partula lutaensis hanging from the underside of a leaf in the top-right third of the image.

Subadult Partula lutaensis hanging from the underside of a leaf, near the leaf edge, in the center of the image.

Juvenile Partula lutaensis sitting on the top of a leaf just below the central leaf vein in the lower middle of the image.

Subadult Partula lutaensis hanging from the underside of a vine leaf in the bottom-right third of the image.

Can you find the snail on each of these leaves?
Can you tell their life stages?
🤏juvenile - super small
📏subadult - not-so-small
👄adult - flared "lip" at the shell opening
Answers in captions
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Tan-colored Partula lutaensis hanging from a thin, green leaf.

Pale yellow Partula lutaensis hanging from a thin, dry leaf.

What's it like searching for endangered Pacific Island tree snails in the wild?
Sometimes, they hang out right in front of your face. But usually, it’s a little harder than that…
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#snailsnunday and Xanthe looking a bit grubby. 🐌 ❤️ 🐌
She loves to dig into the substrate in her tank and overturn her water dish. 🙃

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