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Introducing Animals

Clearly new snail

Croatia’s deepest cave system is home to a tiny, translucent resident

DEEP DOWN A tiny, translucent snail lives in Croatia’s deepest cave system.

D. Bakšić, Croatian Speleological Server 2010

By Allison Bohac

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