minineko
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Post by minineko on Dec 11, 2015 17:37:21 GMT
I have a pair of nemoralis that are noticeably larger than the others. I took a gram scale and weighed them at 4.8g and 5.0g. Can anyone who has some nemoralis and a gram scale top that?  |
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Dec 12, 2015 20:22:59 GMT
I was about to weigh a nemoralis, only to find that the battery on my kitchen scale died!  |
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Cow
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Post by Cow on Feb 27, 2016 14:06:12 GMT
Do you have any photos of him/her?
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minineko
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Post by minineko on Jun 9, 2016 16:41:50 GMT
Do you have any photos of him/her? ,cow It's getting fatter!  Still the record holder. |
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minineko
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Post by minineko on Jun 29, 2016 15:50:04 GMT
Just found that's 5.8g IN THE WILD. It might reach 6 in captivity (they seem to get a bit fatter indoors). I will take a new photo when it gets there It's gargantuan. Almost the same size as my aspersa...  |
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Jun 29, 2016 20:29:43 GMT
I remember seeing some huge nemoralis when I was much younger that looked as though they could have possibly weighed 7-10g. Of course, it's impossible to actually tell without weighing them, but hopefully if I ever come across supersized cepaea nemoralis, I should weigh them to see if such theoretical weights are possible.
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minineko
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Post by minineko on Jun 30, 2016 15:33:04 GMT
Here's the new one next to the previous record holder.  It was trying to mate with your aspersa this morning. |
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Jul 1, 2016 3:09:14 GMT
Helix aspersa X cepaea nemoralis would be a wicked combination!  It's too bad their reproductive parts aren't compatible...  |
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minineko
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Post by minineko on Jul 4, 2016 2:30:54 GMT
Doesn't stop em from trying! On another note, wow these guys gain so much weight in captivity.  |
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Cashell
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Post by Cashell on Jul 9, 2016 23:07:38 GMT
Here we goooooooooo!A multi-banded brown-lipped snail.  Weighing in at 4 grams.  Aerial view of the same snail.  Goldy! I wonder how much this one will weigh?  4 grams too?  Whoa! This is not a brown-lipped snail! How did it get onto the scale?!   I guess we'll weigh it anyway. 5 grams.  What good is a competition without an inter-species group photo?   Together they all come in at a feathery 9 grams.  I hope viewers enjoyed the pictures and will post some photos of their brown-lipped snails to keep the thread fresh, interesting, colourful and even scientific too.
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minineko
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Post by minineko on Jul 27, 2016 17:57:01 GMT
I found a yellow-with-one-stripe on the platform of a local train station that is freakishly large. Not quite the one above but an easy 2nd. Luckily nobody had stepped on it! Had to take it home by train. Photos soon!
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minineko
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Post by minineko on Oct 11, 2016 2:50:17 GMT
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It's too bad their reproductive parts aren't compatible... 
