Pink snail looks consuming mold and mildew. | Sydney Morning Herald
In the Australian region, precisely in the west near Narrabri in New South Wales Mount Kaputar altitude and humidity, the scientists found a small world filled with unique biodiversity areas.
One of biodiversity in the region is the discovery of two species of mollusks (snails). One of the mollusks in the area is very unique and interesting because it has a characteristic pink color body with a size of about 20 cm, while the other species is a class of snails that are carnivores (meat eaters) who also cannibals against each other is the snail-eating plant in the region same.
In the region are found pink snails and by people considered to be common and interesting note since taxonomist confirmed that the pink snails scientific name Triboniophorus aff graeffi a typical fauna of Mount Kaputar. Not only pink snails, but snails karnifora / cannibal found in the area also expressed as a typical fauna of Mount Kaputar. The cannibal snails eat only plant-eating snails that live in the same area.
Cannibal snail looks consuming plant-eating snails
Slugs snails were found as a relic of the heyday of dense forest and moist in the past in eastern Australia. At these times the area of Australia is a continent called Gondwana. When there is a volcanic eruption that occurred about 17 million years ago have destroyed most of the forests in the area of Gondwana. But there are still some areas that remain that leave little forest of them in the area of Mount Kaputar. In its development in the area of Mount Kaputar isolated from the outside world which has become a haven for unique species of invertebrates.
Genetically species species found in the area of Mount Kaputar have different genetic. The typical species is found only at the top of Mount Kaputar with an area of approximately 10 x 10 kilometers.
An animal protection agency "Scientific Comitee New South Wales" stated that the ecological community in the area of Mount Kaputar threatened that needed attention and protection against interference and threats of development in the region.
As presented by the Scientific Comitee in the report as quoted by the Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday (29/05/2013), that the species is a species that exist today have evolved from ancestors of land animals are isolated from a hostile environment during times of drought ago. Species so that the species present in the area of Mount Kaputar vulnerable to climate change as a result of human actions. And chances are typical mountain species could be wiped out Kaputar as a result of climate change. The scientists warn that a temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius would be able to make the area dry peaks. Drought is threatening the population of Mount Kaputar the typical fauna.
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