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This incredible critter is the queen conch, and look out fellas she’s single.
She’s one of many queen conch bachelorettes being saved by a new initiative in Florida that’s relocating these endangered mollusks to deeper waters.
Warming seas off the Florida Keys have made this species lethargic and survival-focused, impeding their reproductive activities. Marine biologists hope that in the cooler, deeper waters, they will pair up and mate without issue.
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Florida’s Trying ‘Speed Dating’ Service to Save Endangered Mollusk–Matching Queen Conchs with Caring Mates
200 individuals of this species of near-shore conch have been moved to an offshore reef in the Upper Keys from waters around Marathon.
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