Primer: Snails might be known for their lack of speed, but they are also known for their ability to reproduce in great numbers. After they invade, they can dominate an ecological niche and wipe out a native population.
After invasive rosy wolf snail species were introduced to the Society Islands, it wiped out most of the native snail species, but not one labeled Partula hyalina. The white-shelled P. hyalina survives in the sunlit edges of forests because the rosy wolf can’t tolerate the sunlight. Essentially, P. hyalina hides from the predator in the daylight. *
Antithetical Analog: After invasive Communists introduced themselves into American academies, they became as proportionally numerous as the rosy wolf and devoured positions once occupied by Capitalist-leaning, free-thinking professors. But unlike the rosy wolf snails in the Society Islands, this invasive academic species of Communists adapted. At first sticking to the shadows, they proliferated and now appear to have adapted to the light, where they hide in plain sight. That is bad news for the Capitalist-leaning professors who are the reverse analogs of P. hyalina. Because of cancel culture predation, they now have to hide in relative darkness lest they lose their jobs or undergo censure on the road to eventual extinction.
*U. of Michigan. 15 June 2021. Snails carrying the world’s smallest computer help solve mass extinction survivor mystery. Phys.Org. Online at https://phys.org/news/2021-06-snails-world-smallest-mass-extinction.html Accessed June 15, 2021.
After invasive rosy wolf snail species were introduced to the Society Islands, it wiped out most of the native snail species, but not one labeled Partula hyalina. The white-shelled P. hyalina survives in the sunlit edges of forests because the rosy wolf can’t tolerate the sunlight. Essentially, P. hyalina hides from the predator in the daylight. *
Antithetical Analog: After invasive Communists introduced themselves into American academies, they became as proportionally numerous as the rosy wolf and devoured positions once occupied by Capitalist-leaning, free-thinking professors. But unlike the rosy wolf snails in the Society Islands, this invasive academic species of Communists adapted. At first sticking to the shadows, they proliferated and now appear to have adapted to the light, where they hide in plain sight. That is bad news for the Capitalist-leaning professors who are the reverse analogs of P. hyalina. Because of cancel culture predation, they now have to hide in relative darkness lest they lose their jobs or undergo censure on the road to eventual extinction.
*U. of Michigan. 15 June 2021. Snails carrying the world’s smallest computer help solve mass extinction survivor mystery. Phys.Org. Online at https://phys.org/news/2021-06-snails-world-smallest-mass-extinction.html Accessed June 15, 2021.
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