11005-04412 Hochstetter's giant landsnail (Powelliphanta hochstetteri hochstetteri) a gradually declining giant land snail, shown here with it's eggs. Canaan *
11005-04423 Hochstetter's giant landsnail (Powelliphanta hochstetteri hochstetteri) hatchling peering out from eggshell after 8 months developing in the egg. It may spend many more weeks 'camped' inside the egg shell, consuming the calcium for its future needs. Canaan *
DSC_8090 Hochstetter's giant land snail (Powelliphanta hochstetteri hochstetteri) ecologist Kath Walker collects pig-damaged, crushed and flattened shells in the forest litter on Mt Evans, where a thriving feral pig population threatens a declining snail population. Abel Tasman National Park *
