John Stanisic has one life mission — to get everyone to love snails and slugs.
"Snails have a ribbon of teeth called the radular and there are many rows in the radular with up to 200 teeth wide and 400 rows long.Dr Stanisic is an honorary research fellow at the Queensland Museum and is Australia's foremost expert on land snails.The fine speckled semi-slug has a snail shell that doesn't quite fit its back.Many people think Dr Stanisic's nickname came from talking softly to snails, but it originated from his ability to predict a snail's next move.
"But I could only put names to about 13 or 14 and I thought, 'What have I opened up here, a can of worms? Or a can of snails?'""To me it is much more important than, say, doing research at this stage in my life," he said.Along with giving lectures and sharing his love of snails online, Dr Stanisic and his wife Lorelle have visited numerous schools throughout the country.
"It makes it a bit fun especially when you have 400-odd species out there to name," Dr Stanisic said.
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