This section introduces predator avoidance behaviors of the limpet Cellana toreuma and the sandy snail Umbonium costatum.
Q. How does C. toreuma survive the attack of carnivorous whelks?
Q. If you were U. costatum, how would you avoid your predator approaching you from underground or surface?
Gastropods will show curious behavior when you watch them carefully.
(This video was created and submitted for a special practice course at the Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University.)
Commentary: Hiroe TOMIYOSHI (Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University) Filming and editing: Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Faculty of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University, Hiroe TOMIYOSHI (Graduate School of Fisheries Science, Hokkaido University)