The Cuban land snail is a species of large, air-breathing land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Helminthoglyptidae. There are several subspecies and varietas. This snail is endemic to Cuba. These arboreal molluscs live mainly in coastal habitats in the subtropical forest, with a preference for certain tree species. Shells of Polymita picta can reach a length of about 20 mm. Polymita picta mainly feeds on lichen, moss and on fungal biofilms present on bark and leaves.
The strawberry top shell is a species of small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top shells. The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 22 mm. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mozambique, KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) and Tanzania.
What I find really astonishing isn’t that a giant land snail managed to earn a doctorate, but that he managed to land a national TV spot despite displaying this kind of egregious, disrespectful behaviour towards his co-host.
