How Snails Say No To Sex

by Choire Sicha October 13, 2010

“Females of the marine snail species Littorina saxatilis, or rough periwinkle, conceal their gender identity in order to avoid mating too much. They do this by refusing to label their mucus trails with chemical signals indicating their sex.” Good trick! Female mammals are reduced to transforming into Jared Leto.

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