The distribution of the ancient but threatened kauri snail coincides with the historic range of kauri forests. The snails feed on worms and insects and are highly mobile, travelling several hundred metres on moist, humid nights. With a thick, limey shell up to 75 mm in diameter, the snails are protected from birds and rats but not wild pigs which ravage their colonies and habitat.
GORDON ELL/BUSH FILMS
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Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 29
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68The distribution of the ancient but threatened kauri snail coincides with the historic range of kauri forests. The snails feed on worms and insects and are highly mobile, travelling several hundred metres on moist, humid nights. With a thick, limey shell up to 75 mm in diameter, the snails are protected from birds and rats but not wild pigs which ravage their colonies and habitat. GORDON ELL/BUSH FILMS Forest and Bird, Issue 281, 1 August 1996, Page 29
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