Tag: snails
A team of UCLA researchers thinks it may be possible to restore lost memories in humans one day, providing a breakthrough in the continued search for treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The prevailing theory is that long-term memories are stored at the synapse, the connection between neurons in the brain. It’s hypothesized that Alzheimer’s destroys the […]
Here’s some evidence of just how badly we’re fucking up the planet. Tributyltin, a chemical that was used in painting ship hulls before it was banned internationally in 2008, has been making female snails grown penises and vas deferens — the tubes that carry sperm — for decades. In some cases, the growths were large […]
Well, this is disturbing. And strangely fascinating. And kind of hot. And right in time for Valentine’s Day! Presenting: the land snail — nature’s kinkiest animal — ON FILM. SPOILER ALERT: What you are about to watch contains gratuitous imagery of mucus-covered hermaphroditic genitalia, freaky sacks, masochistic flesh-impaling “love darts” and double penetration (sort of). […]
