On Florida beach suddenly turned millions of black snails

On the beach St Petersburg Florida found millions of small black sea snails in elongated basins.

Video shot on November 11, it can be seen that the snail literally sploshnyakom covered part of the beach. Short video posted by one of the locals. On the record it quickly goes along the beach and snail shells crunch beneath his feet. The end of the black "snail" the band not even visible.

I grew up in Florida and spent most of his life on the beaches and in the water, reported by Robert Neff in the comment to record, But I've never seen anything like this and never heard from anyone what there was previously. These snails are shellfish of the family Cerithiidae. On land they go out rarely, and in such quantities this is unprecedented. They usually live in shallow waters and reefs in the warm ocean waters.

The exact location of the snails on the beach Saint Petersburg South of the Parking lot North beach, Fort DeSoto. Nearby is the natural bird sanctuary. According to Neff, the snails appeared on the beach after a tide.

According to Lucy McGinnis, who previously worked in the sea Turtle center Georgia Sea snails are able to sail close to the beach, following the delicious plankton, which arrived there after the recent hurricanes. In comments to the video people compare the unprecedented invasion of snails with the biblical "plagues of Egypt" and write that it's a bad sign.

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