Ampullaria
snail
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diet of limpkins
- In limpkin
…large, greenish, freshwater snails (Ampullaria). These, carried to its nest or favourite feeding perch and held firmly in one foot, are struck several powerful blows with the bill, which is then forced into the spiral opening of the shell to pull out the snail. The limpkin’s bulky nest of…
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