Snail Racing Science: Why Studying Slime Is a Big Deal
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Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole explore the science behind snail racing and its implications for understanding movement and survival.
Send us Fan Mail Subscribe and prepare to root for the slowest athletes on Earth. In this Niche Scientists minisode of Wildly Curious, Katy Reiss and Laura Fawks Lapole dive into the bizarre but brilliant world of snail racing—and the scientists who study it to unlock secrets of movement, slime, and survival. Every summer in England, snails compete in the World Snail Racing Championships. It sounds ridiculous… until you realize researchers are using these races to study animal locomotion, non...
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