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Much of the $10 million the U.S. citrus industry spends annually on pest control goes toward fighting the Helix aspersa, a common orchard variety of snail. The Helix feeds indiscriminately on leaves, twigs and fruit. Up to now, the industry has relied on expensive chemical dusts and sprays; unfortunately, they must be applied almost constantly and they are only moderately effective. Last week Curtis P. Clausen of the University of California's Department of Biological Control announced plans to fight the Helix with one of its own kind: the Gonaxis kibweziensis, commonly known as the cannibal snail...
Combat Record. A native of East Afri ca, the Gonaxis has a distinguished battle record against the giant African snail in the islands of the Pacific. On Agiguan in the Marianas, the Gonaxis destroyed within two years nearly a million of the 5,000,000 African snails whose ancestors were brought in as emergency food by the Japanese during World War II. When Clausen heard that 5,000 Gonaxis snails had been rounded up on Agiguan for anti-pest assignments on other islands, he put in a bid for a consignment of 200. Currently being fed on a diet...
...Gonaxis, less than an inch long, attacks by attaching itself to the foot of the garden snail and devouring it alive with minute, filelike teeth as it retreats into its shell. Although the Gonaxis occasionally turns on one of its own kind (chiefly baby snails), it generally attacks only a snail of a different species. In its native Africa, the Gonaxis has maintained a healthy balance in the snail population...
...seashore with more than a specialist's curiosity. She evokes that sense of private peace and mystical wonder that Anne Lindbergh brought to her Gift from the Sea. She explores and celebrates a world of ferment and vitality, from the humble mole crab to the dog-whelk snail, from submarine forests to rock pools...
...Jack Frye in hopes of finding the long-sought-for replacement to the Douglas DC-3. Frye's projected high-wing, four-engine F-l will probably be built by a European company, sell for $350,000, haul five tons of cargo or 50 passengers at an aerial snail's pace (150 m.p.h.) but be able to use a very short runway...