Tiny snails survive in bird's digestive system
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 - 06:30
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in the Journal of Biogeography, researchers from the Tohoku University in Japan show how 15 percent of the Tornatellides boeningi, or tiny land snail, are able to survive a birds digestive system and emerge alive in the birds droppings.