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Post by bookitten on Jul 1, 2005 21:29:16 GMT
here is a picture of salty here is a picture of gary here is a picture of gary's face... and heres a snail sandwich!!! sophie PS -- give me a round of applause, it was rather tricky doing this ;D
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Post by bookitten on Jul 1, 2005 21:30:02 GMT
WOW! sorry, i really didnt know the pics were so giant!
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Post by natrat84 on Jul 1, 2005 21:32:40 GMT
Aww lovely snails , fab pics, esp the last one ;D
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 1, 2005 21:34:00 GMT
yeyyy well done sophie......cool piccies, cool snailies hehe. Gary looks great.
Anjie,x.
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Post by bookitten on Jul 1, 2005 21:34:42 GMT
lol... *blushes* ;D
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Post by bookitten on Jul 1, 2005 21:35:18 GMT
pants.... forgot to mention, that brian my dimidiata snail.
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Post by Arno on Jul 1, 2005 22:25:25 GMT
Great pics,Sophie.......hope you gave your snails a treat after their acrobatics ;D
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Post by Kevin on Jul 1, 2005 23:00:20 GMT
Great pics, especially the snail sandwich Tiger Snails have to be my favourite species of snail I think... I notice Salty is a lot lighter in body colour than Gary, both great snails, and the dimidiata baby
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Post by bookitten on Jul 2, 2005 10:28:27 GMT
lol. gary is nearly 13cm in shell length, salty has 9cm, and brian has 3cm.
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Post by Paul on Jul 3, 2005 6:10:30 GMT
Fantastic pictures! Really crisp and clear. I'd like to use some of them on the gallery section of the website if you don't mind. That goes for everyone really. If I see a picture I like or think will illustrate a point I'd like to use it or part of it. You'll get the credit. Please pm me if you don't wish me to.
I'm astounded by the colour of Salty. I have heard that captive reared snails tend to have lighter bodies than their wild counterparts. (from the margie breeding paper I have.). One of my margies have that body colour, and one other very similar and that is considered strange in that paper. But I have seen quite a few.
In Africa, a light-skinned tiger is called a "king snail" and is highly prized for food. I think it is believed to have magic properties by the natives. On the other hand, light skinned margies are not liked at all and as a consequence, can be seen commonly. That goes against the claim of rarity in the breeding paper. Not sure if the king snail has to be an albino or just light skinned like yours.
I wonder if his skin will turn darker at some point? You mentioned it had already but will it again?
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Post by Arno on Jul 3, 2005 8:00:20 GMT
I don't know if its captive bred Tigers that have lighter skin,one of my Tigers has it as well(Salty's relative)and that one was probably wild caught.Could it be a subspecies,i wonder,because they stay smaller as well.
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Post by bookitten on Jul 3, 2005 8:49:27 GMT
When I got the tigers from arno they had really light bodies. Then they got darker and darker. i think my other tiger, saraneth [the one who went for walkies outside his tank and ended up behind the armchair, who is not in the pics] has even lighter skin than salty. But it did get darker and darker as they got older and bigger. By the way, salty is 9cm and saraneth is 6cm. and ideas why salty is bigger, or is just that saraneth is a bit of a runt or salty is ''king'' When I got them [they were half a cm] salty was just a teeny tiny weeny bit bigger than saraneth, but only by a few mm.
sophie PS -- I will get salty, gary and saraneth for an interview later...
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Post by bookitten on Jul 3, 2005 8:58:55 GMT
doh, forgot to mention that garys uneven shell lip is getting much better by the day and yes paul you can use my snailies in the gallery bit ;D more famous pets.... [my cat boo was in the paper a few weeks ago]
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Post by Val on Jul 3, 2005 17:50:05 GMT
Great pics sophie. Gary looks VERY handsome ;D
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Post by Paul on Jul 7, 2005 4:32:39 GMT
How old are Salty and Saraneth?
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Post by leah on Jul 7, 2005 11:52:36 GMT
you posted that at 5:32 am! Do you stay on here all night?! Nocturnal huh?
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Post by bookitten on Jul 7, 2005 21:12:50 GMT
umm...ask arno
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Post by Arno on Jul 7, 2005 21:32:22 GMT
Me? lol
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Post by Paul on Jul 8, 2005 2:10:54 GMT
I am indeed!!
Arno, sophie means ask you how old Salty and Saraneth are?
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Post by bookitten on Jul 8, 2005 15:42:57 GMT
pmsl. yes, thats what i ment
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Post by Arno on Jul 8, 2005 16:12:18 GMT
Oh,hehe....misunderstood there ,lol.They were born around August 15th last year.
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Post by bookitten on Jul 9, 2005 8:36:56 GMT
so that like 11 months? i got my calculations mixed up [counting on my fingers ]. thats about the same age as kibeth i think.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 9, 2005 10:03:36 GMT
WOW sophie those pictures are amazing your snails are so so beautiful. well done
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Post by bookitten on Jul 9, 2005 21:22:08 GMT
;D
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Post by bookitten on Aug 23, 2005 13:26:23 GMT
hey sarah, u aid that ur brixton tigers had a white bit between its eyes. look at gary's face - is it like that?
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