Feeding time! This Lightning Whelk (Sinistrofulgur sinistrum) is finishing feeding on a clam purchased live from a local grocery store. Lightning Whelks are predators of bivalves, but they usually keep their prey grasped in their foot and hidden from our view during feeding. This rare shot of the animal's extended proboscis (the long appendage that looks like an elaphant trunk, which has the mouth at the end) happend during one of our daily Tank Talks last week. Come see our live mollusks during
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Live Lightning Whelk and an empty orange True Tulip. It is so amazing to come across such a variety of wildlife in the Ten Thousand Islands. We look forward to helping you book a tour. * * #tenthousandislands #shelling #shell #beachcombing #beachcomber #vacation #reelkindfishingandtours #summervacation #sealife #explore #tourist #beachvacation Video taken by Team Member Capt Colt | Reel Kind Fishing and Tours
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Check this out! I pulled a whelk out of the sand…and a clam fell right out of its foot! 🐚 Whelks are carnivores, they use their strong muscular foot to grab and hold prey, then their radula (a tiny toothed tongue) scrapes out the soft parts. Nature’s little predators in action! ✨Have you ever seen a whelk eating before?! | Lawren Bagley
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The lightning whelk is the second largest gastropod found on the islands reaching up to 16" inch in size. Whelks have very large body whorls with distinct shoulders and a wide aperture tapering into their long siphon canal. They have dozen or more petite knobs on their body whorl which spirals to their left ... their spire is rearward. The left handed aperture separates them from most other marine snails . Right handed lighting whelks are rare. Color is cream to gray with the younger shells smal
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Have you ever seen this? 😍 Save & Read ⬇️ . This is a large, live female Lightning whelk and she has two smaller males attempting to mate with her. . This is a common sight this time of year. Once fertilized, she will start to form her egg case that will contain hundreds of baby whelks. . If you ever see this in the wild, please do not disturb. . Have you ever seen this? Let me know in the comments! 😍 . . live whelk seen on tour💙 Never take live shells . . . Want more beachcombing? Follow & C
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