Male snails babysit for other dads

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

(Phys.org)—Pity the male of the marine whelk, Solenosteira macrospira. He does all the work of raising the young, from egg-laying to hatching—even though few of the baby snails are his own.

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