Mangroves can last for over 100 years!

Life among the mangroves!

Mud snails are little creatures that live close or even on the mangroves in our estuary. They are freshwater insects that has different shells from the common snails you see from your backyard. These are the ones!

I already have it up on the first paragraph, mud snails live around mangroves, sea or land. They eat mostly blue-green bacteria, microscopic diatoms and sea lettuce. These are some pictures of what I just wrote:

Mud snails can live up to 1 year, not that long, right? Their predators are grey ducks, mallard ducks, black swans and New Zealand scaups.

I have it up there, but that's not the full status of the species yet. Potamopyrgus antipodarum is an invasive sea insect. They belong to the kingdom of Animalia, phylum: Mollusca, class: Gastropoda, to find out more visit New Zealand mud snails - Wikipedia.

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