http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/07/11/avian-airways-snails-get-around-in-birds-bellies/ Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/07/11/avian-airways-snails-get-around-in-birds-bellies/comment-page-1/#comment-71543 Paul Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:08:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=18382#comment-71543 Charles Darwin would have loved this. His last publication was a paper on the dispersal of freshwater molluscs by flying beetles. The beetle (with passenger clamped to its leg) was sent to CD by a man named Crick, who was the grandfather of the famous nobelist Francis Crick. Charles Darwin would have loved this. His last publication was a paper on the dispersal of freshwater molluscs by flying beetles. The beetle (with passenger clamped to its leg) was sent to CD by a man named Crick, who was the grandfather of the famous nobelist Francis Crick.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/07/11/avian-airways-snails-get-around-in-birds-bellies/comment-page-1/#comment-71515 Bruce Livett Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:34:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=18382#comment-71515 It all depends on whether the snail was sinistral or dextral. It all depends on whether the snail was sinistral or dextral.

]]> http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/07/11/avian-airways-snails-get-around-in-birds-bellies/comment-page-1/#comment-71510 Iain Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:25:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=18382#comment-71510 If an Armadillo were to eat a snail, would that give them tanks? If an Armadillo were to eat a snail, would that give them tanks?

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