gail
Achatina achatina
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Post by gail on Jul 19, 2005 9:21:02 GMT
Can anyone tell me a little bit more about king snails? Why are they called king snails and why are these different from other snails is it genetic? can you breed specially for king snails? or is just chancy? Lots of questions I know ps. Your snails are lovely Evelyn
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Evelyn
Achatina immaculata
I love Arch.marginata <3
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Post by Evelyn on Jul 19, 2005 10:07:40 GMT
Oh thank you Gail. You cannot breed king snails. That is a mutation, as much I know. It´s a rare piece.
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Kevin
Archachatina dimidiata
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Post by Kevin on Jul 19, 2005 10:18:31 GMT
Thats interesting I didnt know that king snails couldnt be bred, though I had never heard of a king snail untill yesterday ;D
Evelyn did you see my pm? it clears up the misunderstanding of my post
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Post by bookitten on Jul 19, 2005 12:22:25 GMT
does anyone know if salty is a king then? a king tiger ;D cos paul or someone said that salty had light skin and might meen hes a king snail. that meens saraneth is 1 too. but what are chances? 2 tiger snails that i just so happen to get and are king snails? yeah right! but i would still like to know.
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Post by Paul on Jul 19, 2005 12:49:49 GMT
Sophie, in Ghana etc, light-skinned Tigers are called King snails but it has nothing to do with being sinistral etc. Same name, different meaning.
As for sinistral breeding where has this myth that they can't breed come from? According to that sinistral/dextral paper we talked about, it is perfectly possible. Although the trait is a throwback mutation, there is absolutely no reason two King snails can't breed. Unless there is a biological reason for African snails in particular which I'm sure there isn't.
As I mentioned previously, I think it is helix-pomatia.de that has an article about breeding King snails on it.
Evelyn, why do you think they won't breed, I can't find anything to support this?
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Post by bookitten on Jul 20, 2005 11:28:07 GMT
so why are they called a king snail then? are they more rare than other snails of the species???
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Post by Paul on Jul 20, 2005 15:46:49 GMT
The name is just a name translated from what the locals call them. I think it literally means they are special. They are rarer than dark-skinned tigers because the locals prefer them and grab them on sight. They believe they have some sort of magic or mystical property.
What is odd is that light-skinned margies are considered much less desirable than dark-skinned ones and retail for 3 times less. As a consequence, ligth-skinned margies are becoming much more common.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2005 16:05:55 GMT
wow i have a light skinned tiger, shes very beautiful. thats good that she has magical and mystical properties.
;D
kind regards
mike
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Post by bookitten on Jul 21, 2005 11:48:30 GMT
na na na na na ive got 2 ;D
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Post by thegreatloofa on Jul 21, 2005 14:15:22 GMT
Does this mean that my blonde C.Nemoralis are king snails, even though they aren't sinistral? Or does it only only apply to GALS or only sinistral? Or both? Or is this a bit confusing? Should we give a specific definition for PetSnails of what a king snail is? Or leave it open to interpretation? Or have I asked too many questions here?
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Post by Paul on Jul 21, 2005 14:34:50 GMT
No, it really is just a coloquialism in Africa. It doesn't mean anything or have any scientific basis whatsoever.
The true definition of a King snail is a sinistral snail within a dextral species.
If you notice in the care guide I have section on King snails which hasn't been written yet. But I did plan to do more on it, so I'll include the conclusions of the discussion.
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