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動物進化ファイル
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陸上生活を営む貝の仲間、カタツムリの大敵は乾燥である。本来、梅雨のこの時期が一年のうちで最も活動的であった。しかし、シャワー設備を標準装着し自己防衛機能が高まった結果、季節を問わず一年中活発に動きまわれるようになっているようだ。殻の中で膜に幾重にも包まれて「夏眠」する姿は、もう見られなくなるかもしれない・・・。

[ Shower-head ]
The greatest threat facing the Land Snail, a terrestrial seashell, is dehydration. Until the development of auto-hydration capabilities, they were more active during the rainy season than any other season. With their self-contained shower mechanisms, they maintain appropriate moisture levels throughout the dry months allowing for perennial activity. Because of this mutation, it may soon be difficult to find any Land Snails aestivating, shrouded in layers of velamen..

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