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In 1955, Hawaii introduced the rosy wolfsnail to control giant African snails; it instead devastated native tree snails, and 69 years later a species extinct in the wild since 1991 was reintroduced
The reintroduction is only one part of the recovery strategy. Bishop Museum and Honolulu Zoo are also establishing captive snail laboratories, where Achatinella fuscobasis will be reared and made accessible to the public. For more than three decades, the tiny Achatinella fuscobasis (snail) existed only under human care. Then, in a carefully prepared corner of […]
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- October 2, 2026
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