Luminous Snails

A marine institute in San Diego has found a new use for the glowing Hinea brasiliana snail.

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[Penduluman]

I hate ur videos, uzoouk...

APRIL FOOLS!!!1! ^_^

[AwayLemonade]

Lumo Snails Slowly lighting up the world haha!

[Eskimoboy91]

I wonder how they found out the inside of the snail glows...

[warrior6551]

@yyoveltube i dunno i dont think so u could be lucky! :3

[yyoveltube]

@warrior6551 r they rare?

[warrior6551]

probably..snails are not harmful so you could probably catch one and keep it :)

[warrior6551]

@AwayLemonade XD

[rith5]

Hunt the snails down and use them for optics...

[yyoveltube]

omg thats so cool glow in the dark snails! i wonder if they can be kept as pets.

[GDplanetrockGD]

less talk, more shots of glowing snails!!!!

[xf0bulous]

@jjdrama Ohh, I've could've sworn that's Ocean Beach, thanks for correcting. But I'm pretty sure I've been there before. :)

[jjdrama]

@xf0bulous Actually that's the Scripps Pier, ocean beach is a few miles south.