Sentences with phrase «empty snail shells»

Each male builds a nest from empty snail shells, which he carries one by one in his mouth and deposits in a clump.

These have no hard protective shell over their abdomens and must cover themselves by backing into an empty snail shell and carrying this heavy «house» on their backs.

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These snails actually live on the backside of the island, but land fill material from there has been used to build up the beach behind sea walls, so some empty shells can be found in front of some of the beach front buildings.