Giant African land snail spotted in Florida, forcing quarantine in parts of county.
NBC News reports the creature "consumes at least 500 different types of plants and can 'cause extensive damage to tropical and subtropical environments.'"
Flamingo Tongues (the name of this snail) are fun to photograph and look at, but they are a menace to soft corals, secreting chemicals to dissolve the coral so they can digest it. They often leave a trail of destruction behind them as in this image. The snail is moving upward to devour more polyps.
Had some issues with #printing these, I think the ink was too cold so I'm going to keep it upstairs where it's warmer and try again tomorrow because I want 50 of these things and it won't work if it keeps getting fouled and I need to clean it.
New babies expected in the lab, soon! Absolutely massive eggs 🥚 from this dextral clausilid snail 🐌 (must have been painful, ouch). #chirality#snail#LRasymmetry
December Patreon Pattern
𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼𖤣𖥧 The Traveler 𖡼𓋼𖤣𖥧𓃠𓍊𓋼𓍊
I want to write something profound about this design, but it's the end of the year, and I've got Senior-itis. It's a snail and I'm effing proud of that shell.
Find this for Tier 2 & Tier 3 on my Patreon. Seriously, it's so cheap if you like to collect patterns.
A silly #snail for a slow Sunday:
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)
"There was an old snail with a nest,"
June 26-July 28, 1898
Watercolor, pen & ink, & graphite on card
On display at The Morgan Library’s Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature show
OC ice cream snail
OC I held my pet snails tonight and they started piggybacking