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Don't Stop to Smell The Flowers If you ever find yourself taking life just a little bit too seriously here's a picture I took of a snail smelling some flowers. Probably not though, they don't even have noses. Or do they? Geotagged,Helix aspersa,United States Click/tap to enlarge

Don't Stop to Smell The Flowers

If you ever find yourself taking life just a little bit too seriously here's a picture I took of a snail smelling some flowers. Probably not though, they don't even have noses. Or do they?

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  1. View Jivko Nakev's profile
    Jivko Nakev
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    Hello, friend! Welcome to JungleDragon. Your photo is very nice, I like it.
    But this is not Helix aspersa. For us it is very important to correctly identify the species.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_of_the_Gastropoda_%28Ponder_%26_Lindberg,_1997%29
    I don't know how many subclasses, families and genera there are, but it shouldn't be an easy task to ID any snail or slug, apart form Helix aspersa and Helix pomatia (the most popular edible snails).     Posted 11 years ago
  2. View WildFlower's profile
    WildFlower
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    I agree with Jivko. Snails are very hard to identify, especially from a photo of a live snail. The descriptions are usually based on empty shells.
    http://northamericanlandsnails.com/snailresources.html
    http://www.uwlax.edu/biology/faculty/perez/Perez/PerezLab/Research/Publications/AMS_Workbook_KEP_FINAL.pdf
    http://www.petsnails.co.uk/species/index.html     Posted 11 years ago

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Uploaded Jun 5, 2014. Captured Jun 4, 2014 17:25 in 2511 Browncroft Boulevard, Rochester, NY 14625, USA.
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  • NIKON D3100
  • f/5.6
  • 4294967/21
  • ISO1250
  • 200mm