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Post by Charlotte 🐌 on Mar 31, 2019 5:02:04 GMT
2 of my snails were getting frisky, this lasted for about an hour and a half. I came back and I found both lovedarts on the ground. Does this mean fertilization was successful? And what causes the lovedart to be used in the first place?
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Post by etana on Mar 31, 2019 13:14:20 GMT
Love darts are "fired" as contact shots right before mating. They work in strong favour of the fertilization - they're not required for success, but they make it more likely. They often end up on the ground, because snails are very bad at aiming, but keep an eye out for eggs in the near future anyway.  This is a pretty interesting Wiki article about the love dart, how exactly it functions, and even some very nice pictures of what the love darts of different snail species look like. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_dart |
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