Drill a hole before you can eat

The whelk or Buccinum undatum (Linnaeus, 1758) belongs to the snails (Gastropoda).

The whelk is a large, thick predatory snail with 7 or 8 turns. A deep seam runs between the turns. The mouth opening takes up almost half of the shell and ends in a sipho. On the surface there are horizontal ribs and clear vertical growth lines. Often there are also vertical ribs at the top of the shell. It grows up to 11 cm high and 7 cm wide. The whelk has yellowish-white with dark spots. Whelks washed ashore are often dark blue, because they have been lying on the bottom of the sea for a long time.

Viburnum's annoying ‘hair’

The Viburnum rhytidophyllum or Leatherleaf plant is native to central China and is especially decorative along the roads, even in the shade. The plant is a shrub 3 to 4 m high. The leaves are lance-shaped, 15-20 cm, pendulous, leathery with relief, dark green on top, light green and hairy. ‘Hairy’; that is, occupied with stellate (star-shaped) nonglandular trichomes. Trichomes can have many functions like defence against harmful insects, humidity regulation and even a sensory function.