They are eight-inch,
how many cm is that? 25 cm? My God That’s large!
Scientists believe the eye-catching organisms are survivors
from an era when Australia was home to rainforests. A series of volcanoes,
millions of years of erosion and other geological changes "have carved a
dramatic landscape at Mount Kaputar," the park service wrote on its
Facebook page, and unique arid conditions spared the slugs from extinction.
They "probably would have long since vanished, if a
volcano had not erupted at Mount Kaputar about 17 million years ago. The result
of that eruption is a high-altitude haven for invertebrates and plant species
that have been isolated for millions of years, after Australia dried out and
the rainforests receded.
I cant wait to see them !
So people, our nextr holiday destination : Australia, New South Wales???
