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Table 2

Snail diet composition from the food choice trials. Percentage of each food type making up the snails’ diet (top), and its associated RIR (bottom), averaged by species.

Proportion of the diet
Species Papaya Lettuce Hibiscus Rat feces
L. alte 43.5% 39.5% 11.9% 5.1%
L. fulica 17.0% 51.9% 25.2% 5.9%
P. martensi 38.3% 35.8% 14.3% 11.6%
V. cubensis
37.6%
40.7%
14.0%
7.8%
Relative intake ratio (RIR)
Species
Papaya
Lettuce
Hibiscus
Rat feces
L. alte 1.09 1.10 0.74 0.59
L. fulica 0.55 1.00 1.07 0.61
P. martensi 0.72 1.61 1.15 1.08
V. cubensis 0.80 1.33 1.04 0.84

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