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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 13:44:50 GMT
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Post by cliath on Nov 22, 2014 14:19:49 GMT
Ah yes they are beatiful snails, also called painted snails. And they are as far as I know, illegal to keep as pets. They're also endangered.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 14:41:47 GMT
Ah yes they are beatiful snails, also called painted snails. And they are as far as I know, illegal to keep as pets. They're also endangered. Wow! I didn't know that. That's really sad. I would hate to see them go extinct, they are so beautiful!  |
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Post by etana on Nov 22, 2014 18:09:02 GMT
Wonderful snails, what amazing polymorphism (individuals of the same species looking different)!  |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 19:56:23 GMT
Yes they are! I hope to go to Cuba one day and see some!  |
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Post by cliath on Nov 22, 2014 20:05:44 GMT
Ah yes they are beatiful snails, also called painted snails. And they are as far as I know, illegal to keep as pets. They're also endangered. Wow! I didn't know that. That's really sad. I would hate to see them go extinct, they are so beautiful! Yeah it's terrible, sadly their endangered due to poaching for their shells. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 22, 2014 20:09:50 GMT
Wow! I didn't know that. That's really sad. I would hate to see them go extinct, they are so beautiful! Yeah it's terrible, sadly their endangered due to poaching for their shells. Oh my goodness! That's terrible! I can't believe people would do that but I am not surprised. People now a days can't leave nature as beautiful as it is. Poor snails. |
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 23, 2014 10:35:36 GMT
They are lovely.
Far too maany things are poached sadly for the sake of human vanity
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 4:09:11 GMT
I was browsing through eBay and found many people selling empty shells. I was surprised! This is disappointing to see.. |
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Post by Liguus on Nov 24, 2014 5:14:52 GMT
I was browsing through eBay and found many people selling empty shells. I was surprised! This is disappointing to see.. The ebay ones I saw (2 different sellers) said in the description that they are shells from "old collections"....but who knows. If someone wants to make some cash I guess they could kill a bunch, clean the shells, and say "Oh yeah, these are from the 1950s! I didn't collect these a few months ago wink wink!" |
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Post by Cashell on Nov 24, 2014 19:44:08 GMT
I honestly wish they were more popular kept alive than dead, but then again poachers do not see snails as pets so that's wishful thinking. Some of their shell patterns remind me of the cepaea family.
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Post by Liguus on Nov 24, 2014 19:47:07 GMT
I honestly wish they were more popular kept alive than dead, but then again poachers do not see snails as pets so that's wishful thinking. Some of their shell patterns remind me of the cepaea family. +1 But then I wondered if their population would still be threatened anyways if people collected a lot from the wild as pets. They also remind me of tropical cepaeas because of the shell phenotypes lol. |
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Post by Cashell on Nov 24, 2014 19:56:28 GMT
Being snails, I'd assume they have large clutch sizes, so if they do not have demanding captive requirements like say that of a Florida tree snail then they should be easy to mass produce?
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 24, 2014 21:32:17 GMT
Some snails only have small numbers of eggs. i would suspect they would have very specific needs in captivity otherwise i have no doubt someone would be breeding them to cull them for shells.
The pet trade can cause far more harm than good to a species. If they're difficult to breed and there's a demand for them they can soon decline in their native country.
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Post by cliath on Nov 24, 2014 21:52:23 GMT
I think a breeding programme would do good if it wasn't for the pet trade. Say if an experienced snail breeder got permission to take say 10 snails,and released the offspring.
It would be great to see something like that happen.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 24, 2014 22:33:49 GMT
I think a breeding programme would do good if it wasn't for the pet trade. Say if an experienced snail breeder got permission to take say 10 snails,and released the offspring. It would be great to see something like that happen. Definitely, but sadly the reality is that many people don't care. I wish I could do something but I don't live in Cuba. |
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Post by muddydragon on Nov 26, 2014 9:40:05 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised if there was breeding programme already. there are breeding programmes for a number of endangered snail species i believe.
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