The snail was trying to express itself on the leaves, its eyes were constantly squirming, so obvious to the birds that the next second the snail "got its wish" and became a dish.
How does character come about? Of course, some are congenital, and we are also influenced by the environment in which we live and the people around us.
Snails are timid animals, however, without timidity, snails cannot survive. Snails' natural enemies are birds, and snails do not escape very quickly. The only way to protect themselves from birds from the sky is to always hide behind leaves and retreat into their shells if they feel threatened.
One by one, snails that venture on the leaves become prey for birds, while timid snails hide behind the leaves to survive. In this way, snails evolve into cowardly creatures.
Snails have changed a lot. Snails live in cool, wet places, but they love sunlight and migrate to sunny leaves in search of light.
Snails were originally as timid as other snails. One day, however, its personality suddenly changed. On closer inspection, snails have changed not only in personality, but also in appearance. The tip of its eye was unusually swollen and its eerie lines were moving.
When its personality changes, its eyes may change, but this change is unusual. The moving eye pattern is a strange movement that makes it look like a caterpillar moving.
A snail appears on a leaf and actively moves its eye pattern. It's as if you're summoning something, like summoning a UFO.
However, because it was too conspicuous, it was quickly discovered by birds. First of all, snails live quietly behind inconspicuous leaves to avoid being attacked by predators such as birds. Being in such a conspicuous place is like a bird's prey.
Sure enough, the snail on the leaf was spotted by the bird. And as soon as it was discovered, it was pecked at by the beak of the bird. If it hadn't appeared on the leaves, it wouldn't have died and would have lived longer. Perhaps those eagerly turning eyes are like caterpillars, birds' favorite food. I can't help but feel sorry that the cautious snail accidentally climbed onto the leaves.
In fact, the snail's inexplicable behavior is contrived. Oddly enough, these eyes were strange. Maybe he was manipulated by someone.
Snails infected with parasites
Yes, snails are actually infected with parasites. The pattern that moves in the snail's eye is a parasite that invades the snail's eye.
This parasite is not content to live only in the snail's body, it also manipulates the snail's behavior.
This parasite was originally a worm that parasitizes birds.
However, if the parasite stays in the same bird all the time, it cannot reproduce. Even if it lays eggs and multiplies, if the bird ends up dying, the whole family will die. In order for the parasite to survive, it must infect other birds one by one.
The strategy of this parasite is very good.
Parasite eggs placed inside the bird are excreted from the bird along with feces. It then invades the body of the snail that eats the feces.
However, this alone does not mean that the task is complete.
The parasite in the snail must subsequently enter the bird.
As a result, the snail's behavior is manipulated to move it to a sunny location. It then moves to the tip of the eye, acting as if the bird's favorite food caterpillar is moving.
The snail shook its horn vigorously, perhaps to drive away the parasites moving in its eyes. This makes the caterpillar-like eyes more prominent, attracting hungry birds.
Let the bird eat the snail and enter the bird's body
The parasite then causes the bird to eat snails and successfully penetrates the bird's body.
Of course, in exchange for the life of a poor snail.
The terrible thing is that the parasite not only parasitizes the snail and obtains nutrients, but also controls the snail's behavior.
Maybe the snail doesn't think it's in control. For some reason, I suddenly missed the sun, and somehow, I suddenly became active and could not stand steadily. And, believing that it was his own will, he climbed up to the leaves.
It is not uncommon for parasites to control the behavior of their parasitic partners.
For example, a praying mantis parasitized by nematodes approaches the water's edge and tries to enter the water. This is how nematodes lay eggs in water for praying mantises.
Not just parasites. When a mushroom called Aritake enters an ant, Aritake moves the ant to a suitable position to release the spores, which then reach their full potential. After that, useless ants became prey to anritake, and the mushroom's mycelium spread throughout the body, absorbing nutrients, and then the ants died.
Infections are terrible. Even their actions can be easily manipulated.