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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2005 13:30:37 GMT
i think my iradelei are lonely  i had to split them up because of their frequency in breeding (btw there are about 6 babies left) each iradelei seems ok in their new tank, but i saw something strange. hahaha the iradelei was trying to mate with a baby panthera and the baby panthera was like 'NOOOOOO' so i had to seperate them. aww my poor iradelei. maybe i'll let them breed next year. kind regards mike |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 11, 2005 14:38:24 GMT
Wow maybe you could use him for crossbreeding if he is that desperate lol
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2005 14:57:28 GMT
i doubt that would work as iradelei dont lay eggs and other snails do  |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 11, 2005 15:04:14 GMT
rofl i can imagine
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Post by Leah on Aug 11, 2005 15:08:06 GMT
maybe you could get them out and put em together for a while each day, with you keeping an eye on em to make sure they don't mate.
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Post by bookitten on Aug 11, 2005 15:19:19 GMT
roflmao. more like poor panthera, lol hahaha the iradelei was trying to mate with a baby panthera and the baby panthera was like 'NOOOOOO' so i had to seperate them. aww my poor iradelei. maybe i'll let them breed next year. kind regards mike |
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Post by Paul on Aug 11, 2005 15:29:48 GMT
You know, it may be possible. Iredalei still create eggs but just hold them internally. So theoretically it is possible for them to still swap sperm and fertilise their eggs.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2005 15:36:57 GMT
im sure an iradelei/panthera would be nice, but the panthera are still not mature, even though theyre a year old they dont grow, theyre still only about 5-7cm (yes they do have cuttlefish, infact theres 3 in the tank :  i was wondering, how do snails know other snails are different species? kind regards mike |
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Post by Val on Aug 12, 2005 17:36:07 GMT
Perhaps they don't know - perhaps they don't care, perhaps that's why there are so many species that look similar to others, they have in fact cross bred?? ;D
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 12, 2005 20:40:37 GMT
maybe it's in the slime  you know like when a dog sniffs another dogs urine they can determine the sex, condition and age of that dog ;D |
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Post by anjieburdett on Aug 13, 2005 11:42:20 GMT
How do you know that dogs can determine all that from sniffing wee??? rofl. lol. ;D  |
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 13, 2005 19:11:37 GMT
I do a lot of research on animals as i am working towards becoming an RSPCA inspector or animal collection officer lol i come across weird things like that now and then lmao
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Post by Val on Aug 13, 2005 21:16:45 GMT
maybe it's in the slime you know like when a dog sniffs another dogs urine they can determine the sex, condition and age of that dog ;D Yes, she is absolutely right about that, amazing isn't it, they might be 'dumb' animals but they sure have got incredible senses. val |
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Post by anjieburdett on Aug 13, 2005 22:01:55 GMT
What i mean is ....... how can you tell what a dog knows when it sniffs the wee. He can't tell you!! Or am i being dumb here lol. (i woundn't be surprised rofl)
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 14, 2005 12:50:40 GMT
it's all down to research like if you tracked a wild dog (young male) then if that dog sniffed another males urine then he would probably just mark over it or something, if he sniffed an old or sick females urine then he prob wouldn't bother with it but if he sniffed a young healthy females urine then he would prob track her to mate with her ;D
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Post by Paul on Aug 14, 2005 13:12:29 GMT
It probably is in the slime. Did you know they can alter the slime chemically by choice, this chemical fingerprint can be read by other snails? It is used to attract mates and to communicate simple messages such as where food is.
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Post by Val on Aug 14, 2005 17:12:44 GMT
Didn't know that, that is fascinating!! You wouldn't think there was so much to learn about a snail would you?
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Post by sezzy5889 on Aug 15, 2005 5:53:11 GMT
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i had to split them up because of their frequency in breeding (btw there are about 6 babies left)
you know like when a dog sniffs another dogs urine they can determine the sex, condition and age of that dog ;D