Post by SraigeArturas on Jun 4, 2013 16:34:49 GMT
I have tried to register my snail with the Guinness people and the local record keepers, but Guinness does not distinguish species-specific records and the local people only want 'native' species like Roman snails. Therefore I suggest a new category be created for largest specimens with threads covering either groups like land snails or Achatinids or specific species or subspecies. This topic would be of interest for pet owners in general as it would provide reasonable expectations of what is actually possible for each species, but it would also provide those people with some mastery of their field to shine. I tried to add a picture to this post but something went wrong and now I am rewriting the post. I will try a new post with the picture. My Lissachatina reticulata has a current height of 180 mm, but has lost a mm through decollation, so would have been bigger. He is still growing and last night had a good appetite, so maybe I can still expect great things of him. He hatched on Halloween and is called The BIG Monster.
That was not fun.