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Hunchbacked conchs jump at the smell of danger

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WHEN CONCHS GET SCARED  Among jumping snails, hunchbacked conchs are some of the most vigorous.

S. Lefevre/Univ. of Oslo

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

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A whiff of danger makes hunchbacked conchs so jumpy they actually jump.

“A very peculiar movement for a snail,” says Sjannie Lefevre of the University of Oslo in Norway.