Waterhouse's Snail totally wild

By Ranger Clare Pearce
Updated November 1 2016 - 11:26am, first published October 31 2016 - 2:59pm
Waterhouse’s Snail is the largest freshwater snail in Australia. It is easily recognisable due to its huge four-centimeter size and brown-banded shell.
Waterhouse’s Snail is the largest freshwater snail in Australia. It is easily recognisable due to its huge four-centimeter size and brown-banded shell.

Wildlife doesn’t have to mean a furry critter lurking under a log waiting for dinner to pass by. Neither does it always soar on the wind, or swim like some prehistoric monster from the deep. Sometimes wild animals are quiet achievers, making little in the way of fuss and bother and simply getting on with life in general.

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