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Freshwater bird of the genus Fulica in the rail family, order Gruiformes. Coots are about 38 cm/1.2 ft long, and mainly black. They have a white bill, extending up the forehead in a plate, and big feet with four lobed toes. Coots are omnivores, but feed mainly on water weed, except as chicks, when they feed on insects and other invertebrates.

The American coot F. americana is found in North and South America and the Caribbean. It feeds on plants, insects, and small fish.
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Other gastropods that have also been investigated are a sea hare Aplysia kurodai, a land snail Achatina fulica (Fujii & Takeda 1988), an aquatic snail Lymnaea stagnalis (Audesirk 1985), and an opisthobranch Phestilla sibogae (Croll et al.
Serotonergic and FMRF-amidergic neurons in the nerve ganglia of ... by Sobhon, Prasert / Journal of Shellfish Research
fulica were found in a farm (used for temporary cultivation and selling of snails) in Liaoning province in northeast China; however, the infected snails might have been imported from provinces located further south.
Emerging angiostrongyliasis in mainland China by Lv, Shan; Zhang, Yi; Steinmann, Peter; Zhou, Xiao-Nong / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Eosinophilic radiculomyeloencephalitis: an angiostrongyliasis outbreak in American Samoa related to ingestion of Achatina fulica snails.
Distribution of eosinophilic meningitis cases attributable to ... by Hochberg, Natasha S.; Park, Sarah Y.; Blackburn, Brian G.; Sejvar, James J.; Gaynor, Kate; Chung, He / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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