The endemic snail, which travels 9 meters during its lifetime, lives in Portugal. get to know
“It only exists in Arrábida and during its life it only travels about 9 meters,” said Rasteiro.
The snails live on the largest limestone cliff on the European coast more than 380 meters high, with a path taken by a plant called CarrascodaArrábida. Hard and rough, it can bother even those who make it to the summit.
1 of 1 Endemic snail, which travels 9 meters in its lifetime, lives on the largest limestone cliff on the European coast Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo Endemic snail, which travels 9 meters in its lifetime, lives on the largest limestone cliff on the European coast Photo: Reproduction/TVGlobus
Francisco runs the Costa Azul speleological center. He says he lived on the huge cliff for seven months.
“I did things I never could have imagined, you know, I built a treehouse myself. (…) He hunted wild boars, he had a vegetable garden,” he said.
Life in the natural park seems protected, but Francisco has already noticed the effects of climate change: “It rains very little, it used to rain 700 millimeters a year, now it rains about 150, 200.”
With the drought of the Arrábida, the number of insects decreases, which changes the natural balance.
In addition, quarries are a problem. They are pushing beyond the boundaries of the park, driven by the “boom” in real estate construction in Portugal. Sesimbra, for example, was once a fishing village and has more than doubled in size in the last few decades.
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