#I googled where snails like to live (warm & humid upper leaf litter on soils; lower levels of shrubbery) | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

memento-mariii · 2 years

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Last week, I did a small but objectively kind act (took a snail that got mixed in our groceries, took it out, and set it on a leaf outside), and the fact that I live in guilt over it to this day (worrying that I might not have picked the *right* place for it and thus may be inadvertently responsible for its death) is just another proof that I have moral scrupulosity issues and that I probably can stand to worry about these things less.

#and the thing is: I didn't just stick it on a leaf willy nilly!#I did my research!#I googled where snails like to live (warm & humid upper leaf litter on soils; lower levels of shrubbery)#and because it was getting chilly outside; if and how snails survive over the winter #(they seal their shells with mucus and hibernate in groups under rocks and such)#and since i figured the apartment flowerbed and nearby parks probably had pesticides and trimmed their plants often #I took the time to take it to a nearby riverside where the nature was (relatively) less likely to get disturbed!#but since it was dark out and I forgot to check for anthills #I live in fear of having exposed it to the fate of Death By Ants 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️#mmari rambles #mental health #ocd #by 'these things' I mean pointless navel-gazing about whether at my core I'm a fundamentally good person or not #and not the well-being of funky little critters obvi

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