Annelie
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Post by Annelie on Aug 24, 2005 14:25:15 GMT
I was feeding my snails a couple of minutes ago and I noticed Konrads (L. fulica) neck was looking odd, right where their genitals are. It was something hard sticking out (see the pic?) I think I've read that this hard thing is the love dart from another snails and that it shows that they've mated. Do I remeber this correctly? What do you think, have he mated?  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2005 14:27:07 GMT
its hard to say. sometimes the genital bits just come out anytime.
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Annelie
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Post by Annelie on Aug 24, 2005 14:47:23 GMT
Ok.
He use to have a white lump quite often but now it's just... different ;D
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Post by Paul on Aug 24, 2005 14:54:36 GMT
If the bit sticking out is hard then it is likely to be a love dart, probably its own rather than one is was pierced by. It is my understanding that the dart is stuck into the body rather than the genital opening.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2005 15:03:44 GMT
ohh maybe thats what my fulica had yesterday then - a love dart. i wonder why...
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Arno
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Post by Arno on Aug 24, 2005 16:36:14 GMT
If the bit sticking out is hard then it is likely to be a love dart, probably its own rather than one is was pierced by. It is my understanding that the dart is stuck into the body rather than the genital opening. I don't think its the dart,because they are usually white and pretty thin.On the (bad ) pic is one of my Helix lucorums with a love-dart. (a better quality can be seen here: arnobrosi.tripod.com/dart.bmp) |
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Leah
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Leah on Aug 24, 2005 18:23:42 GMT
argh. I didn't realise it would be that big.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2005 20:43:50 GMT
wow the love dart is beautiful. what does it do again? doesn't it stimulate the mating that follows?
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Arno
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Post by Arno on Aug 24, 2005 20:56:39 GMT
this is a quote that basically tells it:"Previous work on C. aspersus has demonstrated that the shooting of the love-dart serves to introduce an allohormone [13-15], produced by associated glands, into the blood of the partner [16]. This allohormone inhibits digestion of sperm [17], which results in more of the donated sperm reaching the spermathecae [18] and fertilizing eggs [19,20]. "
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Post by anjieburdett on Aug 24, 2005 21:01:43 GMT
Me wants that snails Arno ;D   lol. He's absolutely bootiful. Anjie,x. <---- you know, your best friend rofl ;D |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2005 21:02:27 GMT
thats a bit boring for something called a 'love dart'...do the scientists have a special name for it?
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Annelie
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Post by Annelie on Aug 24, 2005 21:13:19 GMT
Omg that's big  Well, at least snails doesn't need cars and stuff to impress their ladies (sorry, bad joke) ;D |
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lol. He's absolutely bootiful.