13-05-2007, 21:13
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Snail Sex
Get yourself out in the garden when it's raining (like it is here in Leeds) - see if you can catch a couple of them at it. Fascinating to watch. I've got three of them doing the rubbing and tenticle waving on my garden wall. I'm a bit wet but it's remarkable - so gentle and intimate.
Snails - quite cool, so far as molluscs go, but a shame they have to litter the path and steps.
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13-05-2007, 21:19
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Like this? Although I'm not entirely sure what money has to do with it...
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13-05-2007, 21:20
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Re: Snail Sex
This is the most random topic I have seen on here in a while.
Still, all in the name of education of the planet I guess lol.
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13-05-2007, 21:24
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Re: Snail Sex
Sort of, TheNorm, but your average garden snail is bigger, so you can see the gentials more clearly. The £1 coin is there to provide scale.
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13-05-2007, 21:26
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Re: Snail Sex
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... so you can see the gentials more clearly. ....
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That's clear enough for me, thank you very much!
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13-05-2007, 21:28
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Re: Snail Sex
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Like this? Although I'm not entirely sure what money has to do with it...
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It's obvious that the one on the right is the client... 
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13-05-2007, 21:32
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Re: Snail Sex
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It's obvious that the one on the right is the client... |
They're hermaphrodites - so finding a mate is much easier 
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13-05-2007, 21:44
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Re: Snail Sex
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They're hermaphrodites - so finding a mate is much easier
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Can`t they just go and **** themselves then? lol j/k.
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13-05-2007, 21:56
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Not really, Bud, no - it's a matter of genetics and ensuring healthy offspring
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13-05-2007, 22:00
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snail doging i've seen it all now  
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13-05-2007, 22:02
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Re: Snail Sex
OK, this is for a nameless member of the Forum (you know who you are, Miss J)...
From http://www.petsnails.co.uk/care/breeding.html
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Copulation
Some species actually inject a calcified dart into the other snail to stimulate copulation. This "love" dart has been shown to actually increase the chance of success by effectively injecting a chemical which retards the sperm-resisting abilities of the receiving female reproductive organ. It has no doubt evolved as part of a sexual arms race. You may see this occurring but it's nothing to worry about. You may also find the darts themselves.
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Mating can last from a few minutes to possibly many hours, with owners awaking to them still mating. Whether this is the same coupling or a subsequent one has yet to be determined, though the former is more likely.
... A mass of greenish jelly surrounded each genital aperture, extending some distance along each penis, and both snails were busily ingesting this material.
... Each penis was estimated to have had an extended length of 12-14 cm.
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Yea, right...
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13-05-2007, 22:20
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The bit about the darts is true - though their aim can often be a bit off the target. Not sure about the 12-14 cm though - not your average garden snail. Maybe larger molluscs.
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13-05-2007, 22:35
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Re: Snail Sex
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The bit about the darts is true - though their aim can often be a bit off the target. Not sure about the 12-14 cm though - not your average garden snail. Maybe larger molluscs.
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at 2.54 centimetres to the inch, I can see why you feel challenged, gc 
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13-05-2007, 22:37
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Re: Snail Sex
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Originally Posted by greencreeper
Get yourself out in the garden when it's raining (like it is here in Leeds) - see if you can catch a couple of them at it. Fascinating to watch. I've got three of them doing the rubbing and tenticle waving on my garden wall. I'm a bit wet but it's remarkable - so gentle and intimate.
Snails - quite cool, so far as molluscs go, but a shame they have to litter the path and steps.
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care to tell us why snails make you excited? 
in fact don't 
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13-05-2007, 23:11
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Re: Snail Sex
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at 2.54 centimetres to the inch, I can see why you feel challenged, gc |
It wasn't so much challenging me, as challenging belief.
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care to tell us why snails make you excited?
in fact don't |
You know full well I meant "wet" from the rain, and nothing else I just find this sort of thing interesting - watching wildlife in the garden.
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