Disagree. Jane Austen adult works. It refers to grown adults who still have a crush on Mr. Darcy

NPR has already done this story on horse racing

I don't collect many seashells. My work focuses on the land snails. One of our local artists here on Rota makes some wonderful jewelry, collage, etc out of beach glass and shells

How many akaleha’ can you find in this photo? I see 2 ✌️
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Juvenile akaleha’ are a bit harder to find 🔍
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Let’s make it a little harder…
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Can you find both akaleha’?
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At first glance, Omphalotropis snails can also look like baby akaleha’, but Omphalotropis shells are pointier and have more whorls
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Under a microscope, Elasmias look very different from baby akaleha’. Elasmias have transparent shells and “teeth” in the shell opening
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But since I can’t collect baby akaleha’ to look at them under a scope (they’re endangered), this doesn’t help!

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In the field, baby akaleha’ can look similar to Elasmias snails. The largest Elasmias are ~2 mm vs the baby akaleha’ are ~4 mm. Somehow, it’s even harder for me to tell them apart in photos - even with a ruler 📏

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A few more introduced spp on Guam that we'd rather not have in the Northern Mariana Islands

1️⃣ beetle eating flowers 🪲

2️⃣ lined tree snail 🐌
Beautiful, but they don't belong here

3️⃣ great banded hornet 🐝

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Little fire ants 🐜🔥
These are a terrible invasive on Guam
We're trying to keep them out of the Northern Marianas

In June, I went to Guam with other Fish & Wildlife, Invasive Spp, & Biosecurity folks to learn to detect & ID these jerks if (when) they reach the CNMI

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