Snails, mussels and other molluscs

[ISv]

Here are some answers to your question

9 Reasons Why Snails Climb Up Your House – And How To Stop Them In Their Slimy Tracks

If you’ve got snails climbing up the walls of your house, you probably want to know why they do this. Surely they must have a reason other than a fondness for heights? I did a

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Nice shot.

Some of that answers are at least funny... if not anecdotal! Others make a lot of sense!

 

[Click]

I totally agree with you.

 

[ISv]

I totally agree with you.

And now if we knew what that snails are actually "thinking" doing that... because all of this are our human's assumptions!
Never mind - we ARE the species that can explain everything -sooner or later, unfortunately bunch of things are coming more later than sooner!

 

[EricN]

Some of that answers are at least funny... if not anecdotal! Others make a lot of sense!

It's a good read nonetheless!
Thank,s' Click!

 

[ISv]

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[EricN]

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Naked snail?

 

[ISv]

Naked snail?

?! What do you mean? As every self-respecting snail it is running with it's house on the back!

 

[EricN]

?! What do you mean? As every self-respecting snail it is running with it's house on the back!

I thought it was leaving the house

 

[ISv]

I thought it was leaving the house

I thought it was leaving the house

They don't do it! Never! The empty houses you may find are from a dead snails! If you were tricked by the angle of the house - it's rushing LOL on nearly vertical wall of stone and the angle is result of gravitation!

 

[EricN]

They don't do it! Never! The empty houses you may find are from a dead snails! If you were tricked by the angle of the house - it's rushing LOL on nearly vertical wall of stone and the angle is result of gravitation!

thanks for explaining. I understand the image better now.

 

[Maximilian]

A giant African land snail (lissachatina fulica) at "Gondwanaland", Leipzig Zoological Garden.
About 7 cm long.
R6m2, RF100-400 @400mm, f/8, 1/1000, ISO6400

 

[ISv]

Also ~7cm long, the same species. These are small - the biggest one that I have seen on Hawaii was about 20-21 cm long (the shell only!). I hate them: back in the time these were the first animals around that were forbidden to touch for my daughter (as well as any land snail here): it carries the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis! You can get infected even from eating a lettuce with traces of their slime!

 

[Maximilian]

Also ~7cm long, the same species. These are small - the biggest one that I have seen on Hawaii was about 20-21 cm long (the shell only!).

Wow! What a giant. Great sharpness and detail of shell, but esp. the body

I hate them: back in the time these were the first animals around that were forbidden to touch for my daughter (as well as any land snail here): it carries the nematode Angiostrongylus cantonensis! You can get infected even from eating a lettuce with traces of their slime!

Very interesting. Thanks.

 

[Click]

Beautiful close up shots, ISv. Lots of details.