Arno
Archachatina puylaerti
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Post by Arno on Jul 9, 2005 12:16:11 GMT
 Here's a pic of a Margie(18 mm) and a Tiger egg,(7 mm) (sorry if the pic seems out of focus,it wouldnt let me upload a bmp image) |
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Leah
Archachatina puylaerti
Do you want me to sit in the corner and rust, or just fall apart where I'm standing?
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Post by Leah on Jul 9, 2005 12:37:24 GMT
wow! the size difference is amazing isn't it.
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 9, 2005 12:47:54 GMT
OMG thats huge!
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Kevin
Archachatina dimidiata
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Post by Kevin on Jul 9, 2005 12:57:56 GMT
Incredable how they lay eggs so big!, the Marginata
A.Achatina's egg is pretty big too, bigger than I would imagine anyway...I wouldve thought that Tiger Snails being the biggest snail would lay the biggest egg, Ive got a lot to learn with snails though ;D
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Post by anjieburdett on Jul 9, 2005 13:51:31 GMT
We all have Kevin, you never stop learning about them.
Anjie,x.
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Val
Archachatina dimidiata
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Post by Val on Jul 10, 2005 17:12:51 GMT
Do Tigers lay MORE eggs than Margies then? Trying to make sense of the size difference particularly as the Tiger is the larger adult snail.
Val
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Post by bookitten on Jul 10, 2005 17:15:46 GMT
yes! tigers lay loads more! margies only l;ay about 10 - 20! tigers lay at LEAST 40!
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Post by Paul on Jul 10, 2005 17:18:26 GMT
Tigers can lay hundreds. Catherine's (whose babies you've all got) laid 150 and they all hatched.
Margies and other Archachatina are more primitive snails and much more different to tigers than perhaps a dimidiata or any other Achatina so they aren't really comparable in that sense.
I think the biggest eggs for land snails is Megabulimulus from South America.
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Deleted
Deleted Member
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2005 9:57:55 GMT
why are archachatina more primitive?
Hay my margies laid huge bright yellow eggs i put them in a lunchbox with soil and put it on top of the tv, but do eggs need air?
kind regards
mike
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Post by Paul on Jul 11, 2005 15:13:57 GMT
I've no idea why they are less evolved, I read that in a book by Albert Mead (I think). I imagine there are biological differences that place Archachatina closer to less evolved species.
As for eggs needing air, I can't imagine they need a lot if they do need air but if you seal them in a container, that will create a "forcing house" for bacteria and fungus so they'd need to be aired out regularly so your eggs don't get contaminated.
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