O’ahu Tree Snail/Pūpū kani oe (Achatinella sowerbyana)Snails in the genus Achatinella are comm
O’ahu Tree Snail/Pūpū kani oe (Achatinella sowerbyana)Snails in the genus Achatinella are commonly called the O’ahu tree snails because they are found only on the Hawaiian island of O’ahu. Sadly, like all other O’ahu tree snails, Sowerby’s O’ahu tree snail is at risk of going extinct. It lives in forests in the Ko’olau Mountains and faces many threats, from habitat loss, to predation from rosy wolfsnails, Jackson’s chameleons, and rats, to diminishing genetic diversity. Native Hawaiians believed that the tree snails had the ability to sing and that their songs were very special and significant.The Hawaiian name for this snail is pūpū kani oe which translates to “shell that sounds with a long whistle”, or “singing shell.”Read more about the singing snails of Hawaii here.Etsy | DeviantArt | Instagram -- source link
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