The endemic snail, which can walk 9 meters during its life, lives on the largest limestone cliff on the European coast Globo correspondent

The endemic snail, which walks 9 meters during its life, lives in Portugal. He began to understand

“He exists only in Arrabida, and during his life, He only walks about 9 metresRastero said.

The snails live on the largest limestone cliff on the European coast – more than 380 meters high, with a path taken by a plant known as carrasco da arrabida. It is difficult and rough, and it bothers those who make their way to the top.

The endemic snail, which can walk 9 meters during its life, lives on the largest limestone cliff on the European coast – Photo: Reproduction/TV Globo

Francisco heads the Center for Speleology in Costa Azul. He says he lived on top of the giant cliff for seven months.

“I did things I never imagined I would do, you know, built a tree house myself. (…) He hunted wild boar, and he had a vegetable garden.”

Life in the natural park seems protected, but Francisco has already noticed the effects of climate change: “It rains very little, in the past it rained 700 mm a year, now it rains about 150 or 200 mm.”

As the Arabida dries up, the number of insects decreases – changing the natural balance.

In addition, quarrying is a concern. They are advancing across the park’s borders, driven by the “boom” in Portugal’s real estate construction sector. For example, once a fishing village, Sesimbra has doubled in size in recent decades.