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The leisured pace of snails and slugs and their nocturnal nature and preference for damp conditions make them tedious subjects for direct behavioural observations. The problems can be overcome by the use of time-lapse techniques. Initially, time-lapse cinephotography with synchronized flash was used (Newell, 1966; Gelperin, 1974), but this has been largely superseded by time-lapse video recorders and infra-red sensitive video cameras.
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Bailey, S.E.R. (1994). Terrestrial molluscs. In: Wratten, S.D. (eds) Video Techniques in Animal Ecology and Behaviour. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0699-3_4
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