Abalone Facts: a SNAIL with HOLES?! 🐌 Animal Fact Files

Abalones are a type of gastropod. An abalone is a snail with holes in its shell. What the heck are those holes for!? Learn more abalone facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files!

Scientific Name: Family - Haliotidae
Range: temperate and some tropical seas worldwide
Habitat: reefs from intertidal zone to about 200 feet (61 m)
Size: up to a foot (30 cm) long in the oldest, largest species
Diet: algae such as kelp
Threats: humans, bacterial infection, sea stars, octopuses, crabs, shore birds, etc.
Lifespan: decades (30+ years typically)

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Abalone SEA EAR, RANGE, and DIET 0:00
Abalone SIZE and SHELL 0:52
Abalone LIFE HISTORY 1:33
Abalone THREATS 2:17
Abalone HOLES IN SHELL 3:17
Thanks! 3:37
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Image and Video Credits:
Fernando Herranz Martín - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliotis_tuberculata.ogv
mendocinotv - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df-K4oKYk8Y
Invertebrate Biology Videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YZkcj3oKLo ; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XscsKpg1qbQ
Watson Media - https://vimeo.com/383475456
Tienlon Ho - https://vimeo.com/103389935
Heinrich Dahms - https://vimeo.com/28661898
Jacob Jimenez - https://vimeo.com/26871332
Infraction - No Copyright Music - "Minimize" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mDaDr7_ias

Research Credits:
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/abalone
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=69492#null
https://books.google.com/books?id=hLLnJpPoGOAC
https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138050
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/haliotidae
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/species/white-abalone
https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/abalone

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