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An employee checks on January 27, 2011 Achatina snails fitted with heart monitors and motion sensors, which are used to monitor pollution from a incinerator that burns sewage residue at the Vodokanal state utilities company on the outskirts of Saint Petersburg. The waterworks is using six snails as an innovative way to monitor pollution from the incinerator. The Achatina snails, which reach 20 centimeters in length and are widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa, were chosen because "they have lungs and breathe air like humans," the company said.
Vědci jejich zkoumáním zjistili, že hlemýždě je možné využít i v kosmetickém průmyslu. | Foto: Profimédia