rosiesnail2
Achatina immaculata
3 Albino Achatina Reticulata on sale with tank ♥️
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Post by rosiesnail2 on Mar 12, 2012 21:20:37 GMT
nice  I love the comic and looked at your entry I think it would be epic to make a website for them or start a comic business! The possibilities are endless and who knows, maybe the world will love snails |
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Post by PennyFarthing on Mar 12, 2012 22:07:12 GMT
Fingers crossed! Snails have to be one of the most underrated, misunderstood creatures on the planet.
I'd love to set up my own comic series. I wonder how you'd go about it...
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Post by pinkunicorn on Mar 21, 2012 14:17:00 GMT
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Post by mechangel on Jun 9, 2012 2:23:50 GMT
I read that cyborg snails bit, very interesting but can't be all that great for the snails if they only last a few months afterward. Have you guys heard this song called "Snails"? www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHTHybnDr1gSnails see the benefits The beauty in every inch Oh why, why, why, why, oh, why Are you quick to kiss? She bites at blades and leaves God damn you shrubbery Well Im sick of vanity plays Should we move to the UK? 'Cause life here in the states has escaped All the people above us. What we make of those people we love |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Jun 26, 2012 6:12:38 GMT
I loved that song! I didn't know the band but it's the kind of music we like in this household, so snails will be playing some more, but along with the other songs hehe. I found this while looking up some behaviouristic articles... it's a hilarious recount of the Cold War nuclear weapons drama. With slugs. And a ton of maths that makes my head spin! (It is a maths article primarily, though I just look at the slugs battling nuclear salt wars...) Graphical Methods I: The Slug WarsIt's a trilogy, the other parts are called Graphical Methods II: The Return of the Slime, and Graphical Methods III: The Slugs Bounce Back |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Aug 21, 2012 0:24:11 GMT
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actos
Achatina achatina
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Post by actos on Aug 21, 2012 18:00:47 GMT
Aw, love that one, Pinkunicorn! Ain't more thing to climb, indeed |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Nov 21, 2012 20:20:53 GMT
Advanced slug technology is not just about incorporating Portuguese Man-o-war stinging nematocysts into the slug's own body for self-defense a la Glaucus Atlanticus, but the SlugTech genetic engineering department has now developed a photosynthesising slug. They took genetic material from algae and combined it with their own. To maximise the benefits yielded from the ability to photosynthesise slug babies eat a chlorophyll-rich meal as soon as they hatch and use the chlorophyll to fuel their energy production. Slug scientists theorise a slug could only require one meal in zir entire lifetime and spend the rest of the time sunbathing for energy. This way, the slugs hope, precious time previously wasted on feeding can be used for more profitable purposes such as developing more complex SlugTech to better the lives of slugs everywhere. www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/green-sea-slug/ |
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4sticks
Archachatina marginata
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Post by 4sticks on Nov 30, 2012 16:12:44 GMT
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Katie
Achatina tincta
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Post by Katie on Nov 30, 2012 22:40:24 GMT
I remember watching a video like this a couple of years ago, with a snail with swollen flashing eye stalks.. it gave me nightmares! haha  |
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Post by tsrebel on Dec 1, 2012 16:02:56 GMT
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Post by pinkunicorn on Dec 27, 2012 21:12:56 GMT
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bronwen
Archachatina marginata
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Post by bronwen on Jan 8, 2013 0:54:21 GMT
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Post by pinkunicorn on Jan 25, 2013 22:40:22 GMT
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Post by pinkunicorn on Feb 1, 2013 19:32:55 GMT
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Post by pinkunicorn on Feb 14, 2013 3:26:11 GMT
Chromodoris reticulata nudibranchs apparently have, ahem, disposable penises. They use them once, then discard them after mating. And then they grow new ones and mate again... and discard the penis. Grow a new one. Mate. Discard penis ad infinitum. It regenerates in 24 hours so hypothetically they could do this every day for the entire length of their mature lives! Just imagine all those discarded slug penises somewhere in the bottom of the sea.  bbc.in/VTixcY
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4sticks
Archachatina marginata
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Post by 4sticks on Feb 21, 2013 7:22:02 GMT
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Post by pinkunicorn on Feb 21, 2013 15:31:25 GMT
Ah that's the guy who did the Rubber Ducky too! He should bring those slugs home to Amsterdam... they'd look great nearby in the Flevopark, or maybe Oosterpark for more visibility.
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Post by jembolina on Feb 26, 2013 14:38:07 GMT
The 'Stuff to Blow Your Mind' podcast from howstuffworks.com recently did a trilogy on slime, with a whole episode dedicated to slug sex. Have a listen, they're interesting and free  |
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Post by pinkunicorn on Feb 26, 2013 22:45:25 GMT
Thanks for the info! Looks like a nice podcast overall, and there's always room for more science podcasts on my DoggCatcher.
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Post by rain8ow on Mar 30, 2013 18:02:52 GMT
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Post by malacophile on Apr 30, 2013 20:48:42 GMT
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Post by Johnnywho on Apr 30, 2013 20:52:20 GMT
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Post by brunni on May 1, 2013 6:46:35 GMT
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Post by morningcoffee on May 1, 2013 7:12:46 GMT
Wow, that's amazing! A real giant snail |
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I love the comic and looked at your entry I think it would be epic to make a website for them or start a comic business! The possibilities are endless and who knows, maybe the world will love snails 
