2/8/2112: Tale of a Snail and a Limpkin, Viera Wetlands FL

Limpkins are highly adapted feeders. They live almost exclusively on Apple Snails, which they find in muddy bottoms by feel of beak or feet, then carry to shallow water or the shore to eat. Adult Limpkins use the specially adapted scissor or tweezer-like end of the beak to cut the Apple Snail out of it … Continue reading 2/8/2112: Tale of a Snail and a Limpkin, Viera Wetlands FL