Megalobulimus oblongus Eggs!

[bookitten]

yeah well i was wondering what arno meant too! pigeon? thats one big egg! pigeon egg? thats one big snail egg! lol

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yeh hahaha if the eggs were the size of a pigeon they wud be bigger than the snail ;D

[bookitten]

can sum1 please translate this plz?
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=1823236&dopt=Abstract
I need it translated into toddler talk...

[Deleted]

well the scientists were looking at changes in the heart rate of the snail when it was doing different things. they found out the heart rate was slower when the snail was retracted and not moving and faster when moving and eating (well duhhhhh) they measured heart rate with a silver chloride electrode placed inside the snail

megalobulimus sanctipauli

www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Megalobulimus+sanctipauli+Pilsbry+%26+Ihering%2C+1900

[Paul]

Now I've discovered that Megalobulimus oblongus has spread to the Caribbean, it has made identification a little easier. I am 99.99% convinced that mine are this species: As such, I have updated the page, oh and you'll find a nice new piccy on there of something quite interesting:

www.petsnails.co.uk/index.php?action=species&species=megalobulimus_oblongus#start

[natrat84]

Page looks great well done Is that the mating again? Or did you catch that the first time? Fab pics ;D

[Paul]

yep, caught them mating last night!

[natrat84]

Yay thats fab, looks like they are going to lay fairly often then. Any idea how long it was pregnant for last time?

[Paul]

I've no idea, I never saw them mate, but they were swelled for a few days. The swelling disappeared after it laid but then started to swell again, as you can see from the mating picture. I was hoping for more eggs, but then they mated. So perhaps only a few days.

Fingers crossed...

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I hope they mate many times more

[natrat84]

Fingers crossed..... I really hope they lay again, and that they all hatch, they are gorgeous snails I'd love to see how the look as babies with that mouth lol.

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i saw a piccie of a baby megalobulimus...try and find it..

www.femorale.com.br/articles/liveland/

it will be interesting to see how the shell grows because the shells are so thick and dont seem to have any cracks like some achatinas do.

[natrat84]

OMG Look at that baby Tooooooo cute

[Deleted]

paul this might sound rude but how many babies are you going to keep? (if they all hatch)

[Paul]

I have 4 eggs currently. No more than 4 maximum. I'll probably just keep 2 for now and start spreading them around.

There is a good chance they'll lay often and hatch easily. How else did they become such a pest?

[natrat84]

You've got 4 eggs? I thought you had 2!

[bookitten]

yeah i found that pic on the net too... it helped convince my mum

lotsofsnails said:

i saw a piccie of a baby megalobulimus...try and find it..

www.femorale.com.br/articles/liveland/

it will be interesting to see how the shell grows because the shells are so thick and dont seem to have any cracks like some achatinas do.

[bookitten]

when r they gonna hatch? i wanna see the babies! they r so cute! i'll end up in the funny farm if they dont hurry up!

[anjieburdett]

OMG!! Look at that babies chops rofl - omg that is just way too cute ;D

I'm sure i said when you first got them that i would like some if they have babies but if i didn't (but i'm sure i did rofl) please please please bung me on the list paul.

Ta very much.

Anjie,x.

[Val]

WOW!! Look at those other megalobulimus species, the cf grandis looks absolutely beautiful. How much would it cost for one of us to go to Brazil and bring a load back

Val

[anjieburdett]

ME GO, ME GO! rofl. What a lovely idea though... i was joking with Mike last night about winning the lottery, hiring a jet and flying off on a snail collecting mission to weird and wonderful places. HOHUMMMM IF ONLY!

[Val]

Well if someone seriously offered I would chip in with the air fare!!!!!

Val

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anjieburdett said:

ME GO, ME GO! rofl. What a lovely idea though... i was joking with Mike last night about winning the lottery, hiring a jet and flying off on a snail collecting mission to weird and wonderful places. HOHUMMMM IF ONLY!

i tried to get a lottery today and he was like 'do u have ID' and i was like grrrrrr. or maybe i shud be flattered that he thought i look youthful? hahaha

[bookitten]

lol. id be more pissed off. Did you know u have more chance of getting struck by lightning than winning the lottery? I think I would just stick inside when it rains... lol [not really, id be out and about lookin for slugs n snails.]

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if i was wearing a clown suit maybe he wud have let me have it...