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Post by Robert Nordsieck on Nov 23, 2010 11:43:02 GMT
Hi there, two new pages on very evil snails (eating other snails): True glass snails ( Zonitidae) and daudebardias ( Daudebardiidae). Also new pages on the protected species of snails: Whorl snails ( Vertiginidae) (such as Desmoulins' whorl snail, Vertigo moulinsiana). Kind regards Robert
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coyote
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Post by coyote on Nov 23, 2010 22:24:13 GMT
Thank you for those links, I am off to go check them out now!
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Post by Robert Nordsieck on Nov 23, 2010 22:45:47 GMT
I hope you like them. Just finished updating the systematics. I also added another new page about Aegopis verticillus, which is a part of the Zonitidae. I liked those, but they are VERY shy, though they are so big. In my forum I was asked by a girl, why her snail would not eat cabbage - it was an Oxychilus, which now is quite happy eating Cepaea eggs Good night Robert
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Post by coyote on Nov 24, 2010 17:56:23 GMT
Again, excellent work, Robert.
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Post by ness on Nov 27, 2010 21:40:34 GMT
Aw don't call them evil! I guess it makes sense for some snails to be carnivorous being as most sea snails are. It's interesting that some of these snails are quite slug-like, and that slugs themselves are often omnivorous. Perhaps they could be from the same line of evolution? I love the whorl snails, really beautiful. Great pages as always
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Post by Robert Nordsieck on Nov 28, 2010 5:34:00 GMT
There certainly are some very pretty snail species, that's for sure... There are numerous evolutionary pathways of "slugization", and several degrees of it, looking at Vitrinidae, Milacidae, Limacidae and Arionidae... Of course they are not evil, no carnivorous animal is, but I must admit there is a certain feeling of evil in glass snails killing other snails in the (hibernation) sleep. There are also several egg thiefs among snails (Zonitidae, Aciculidae), but there are no police snails Regards Robert
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Post by coyote on Nov 28, 2010 23:49:40 GMT
there are no police snails Are you sure? Attachments:
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Post by ness on Nov 29, 2010 14:14:18 GMT
Haha! I'd like to see him in a high-speed chase!!!!
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Post by Robert Nordsieck on Nov 29, 2010 18:24:43 GMT
Should hire a moss bladder snail (Aplexa hypnorum), those are the fastest, and they run on land and in water. Like amphibic snail motorway patrol Cornu aspersum is way too slow...
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