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mama i wanna play cookies

mamas busy sucking on this rock rn sweety

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Candy cane snail, Liguus virgineus, Orthalicidae

This arboreal species is found in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

Photo 1 by pedrogenarorodriguez and 2 by margomora

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Garden snails (Cornu aspersum) with scalariform shells, a rare genetic mutation.

Typical shell formation:

Photo 1 via The Malacological Society of London, 2-4 by saber_animal, 5 by joknight_nz, and 6 (typical shell) by benanna

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Hug your local slug today

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good morning. do u have any lovely snails to share in these trying times

YOU HAVE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE MY SWEET!!!

We have prepared a selection of the world's finest shelled gastropods for you...

Guam Paper Bubble Snail (Micromelo guamensis), family Aplustridae, under the Tallebudgera creek bridge, Queensland, Australia

Photograph by Kelly-Anne Masterman

Emerald Green Tree Snail (Papustyla pulcherrima), family Camaenidae, endemic to Manus Island, Papua New Guinea

photograph by Stephen J. Richards

Green Snail (Rhinocochlis nasuta), family Dyakiidae, found near Kuching, Borneo, Malaysia

photograph by sabine_in_singapore

Asian Green Land Snail (Leptopoma perlucidum), family Cyclophoridae, found in Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, and the Solomon Islands

photograph by scraf

Tree Snail (Papustyla hindei), family Camaenidae, endemic to Papua New Guinea

photograph by John Slapcinsky

Land Snail (Indrella ampulla), family Ariophantidae, North Wayanad, Kerala, India

photograph by L. Shyamal 

Malaysian Fire Snail (Platymma tweediei), family Chronidae, found in 2 montane forests of Malaysia

photographs by @maxs6461 

Land Snail (Amphidromus angulatus), family Camaenidae, Niah National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia

photograph by Bernard DUPONT

2 color varieties of the Land Snail, Helicina viridis, family Helicinidae, Dominican Republic

photographs by Carlos De Soto Molinari

Tree Snail (Amphidromus fuscolabris), family Camaenidae, Ban Phone, Sekong, Laos

photograph via:

Taxonomic review of the tree snail genus Amphidromus Albers, 1850 (Pulmonata: Camaenidae) in Laos, with the description of two new species | European Journal of Taxonomy

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I'm thinking about love darts this valentines day and browsing your gastropod pics....do u have any amorous snail pics?

PREPARE TO BE DARTED!!!

Roman Edible Snail aka Escargot Snail aka Burgandy Snail (Helix pomatia), family Helicidae

Snails in the genera Helix and Cornu and some other species, like all terrestrial gastropods, are hermaphrodites.

When mating, the 2 sexual partners wrestle for the chance to impregnate the other. The snail that gets into the correct position first, uses a calcareous spear-like "love dart" to puncture the body of the other snail. They then pump sperm into the hole/wound.

photograph by Jangle1969

Leopard Slugs (Limax maximus), family Limacidae, mating, found in much of Europe and North Africa (introduced elsewhere)

These slugs (which are hermaphrodites) are mating by intertwining, hanging from a mucous rope, and intertwining their copulatory organs... thus impregnating each other.

photograph by Willem Roos

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happy valentine’s day from two snesbians 💗

based on this image:

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ive recently been able to get over my sensory issues regarding moisturizer by literally just saying "im going snail mode"

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effervescent

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Hey there! I'm from Australia as well and I am having a bit of trouble finding places that sell snails. also your tips have been very helpful! thank you!

Hi hi! I really like Minibeast Wildlife for inverts, I got some leeches from there and they were packed really safely. Here is a link for their snailies! I haven't purchased snails to be honest, I wild captured my cornus and bradybaena snails and I got my panda from a friend, so I dont have a lot of experience there sorry haha. I'm really glad you've found the blog helpful!!

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oh uh. scuse me. just a lil snail crossing your dash

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please witness its power

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how do we feel about very small snails?

many land snails are very small, even some smaller than these, but they’re easy to miss even if you’re already accustomed to looking for tiny invertebrates.

these are different Vallonia species but I’ll need a different angle of the shell for a good ID. At ~2mm, both are full-sized adults; you can tell by the peristome (lip) at the aperture of the shell!

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SNAIL CLOUD 🐌☁️

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How do we (snail owners) always end up with exactly 10 snails at some point lol

I remember thinking 10 was a lot until I saw this youtuber that has ... I don't want to say hundreds, but probably hundreds. They all look taken care of too <3 I forgot the channel name, but if I find it, I'll let you know

Honestly I do not know, I somehow also ended up with 10. it's just the correct number I think 🤔

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I saw this like two weeks ago and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it