Male snails babysit for other dads
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 17:30
in Biology & Nature
Males of the whelk Solenoptera macrospira provide all parental care, carrying egg capsules on their back Pity the male of the marine whelk, Solenosteira macrospira. He does all the work of raising the young, from egg-laying to hatching — even though few of the baby snails are his own.