In this episode, Maeve Gaffney (Haverford ’20) explores the mating behavior of the Pond Snail, a simultaneous hermaphrodite. Mating behavior in this organism is complicated because individuals have both male and female reproductive organs, but mate in pairs. Listen in to hear Maeve break down a complex study about the electrical and chemical properties of their neurons (El Filali et al., 2015, Invertebrate Neuroscience), talk about the value of invertebrate models, and explain what “sexual sabotage” means to a snail!