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New Snail Species Discovered In Croatia's Deepest Cave

Posted by samzenpus on from the fresh-face dept.

minty3 writes "The new snail species, Zospeum tholussum, has no eyes or pigmentation on its shell and is considered to be a true eutroglobiont or cave-dweller. It was found by a team of cavers and biologists from the Croatian Biospeleological Society. While on an expedition to determine the cave’s depth, they collected animal specimens including one of the previously unidentified snails along with eight of its empty shells."

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  1. No pigmentation on its shell? by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bah. Most everyone has support for ANSI escape sequences on their terminals these days.

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  2. Lives in dark? No pigment? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    What's his Slashdot UID?

    And I bet he never gets first post, either....

  3. Wow... by djupedal · · Score: 2

    Talk about your slow news day...

    1. Re:Wow... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

      It took you 15 minutes after the original was posted to repost this joke... and I thought the snails were slow.

  4. How to prepare them by AndyKron · · Score: 2

    But were they tasty?

  5. Re:Great by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I'm sorry... there's spelunking. There's caves (trolls! darkness!). There's a brand-new species. It doesn't even have eyes (take that, Beholder!). It's something that makes a neat trace for evolution (eat that, micro-evolutionists!). It shows what is necessary for species to survive - sometimes, that's something completely different from what we expect.

    And somehow, that's not news for nerds? Stuff that matters? Go shove your "I need things to cater to myself exclusively" attitude so far up your ass that you'll find your own species of blind, unpigmented species of snails.

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    Those who can, do. Those who can't, sue.
  6. Re:Great by tedgyz · · Score: 2

    I'm sorry... there's spelunking. There's caves (trolls! darkness!). There's a brand-new species. It doesn't even have eyes (take that, Beholder!)...

    Ok, what are the odds of two /. stories containing references to the Beholder? Here is the other comment on the 3D gun art story: Art

    What is even more weird is that I just found my box of D&D books in my parents attic. I showed my kids, including the Beholder. Sadly, they were disinterested in the books. Video games makes it way too easy to play RPG.

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    "No matter where you go, there you are." -- Buckaroo Banzai
  7. Truly true? by WillKemp · · Score: 4, Informative

    ... is considered to be a true eutroglobiont ...

    That's tautology - "eutroglobiont" means "true cave dwelling organism" - the "eu" prefix means "true".