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The snail adventures &#039;The snail adventures&#039; featuring:<br /> Roman snail &#039;the big one&#039; (Helix Pomatia)<br /> Garden snail &#039;the yellow one&#039; (Cepaea Nemoralis)<br /> Red slug &#039;the homeless&#039; (Arion rufus)<br /> <br /> These three snakes meet each other in the middle of a wet roadside on a rainy summer day. The garden snail is hardly moving and seems to be eating the black leaves. The roman snail is walking along the stick, but finds the garden snail in his way. Just when the roman snail is thinking how to get past, Rufus the red slug is coming from the side with all tentacles out. As soon as Rufus touches the roman snail, the roman snail makes a &#039;quick&#039; turnaround and speeds away after which they all lived happily and forever :)<br /> Austria,Geotagged,Helix pomatia,Roman snail Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

The snail adventures

'The snail adventures' featuring:
Roman snail 'the big one' (Helix Pomatia)
Garden snail 'the yellow one' (Cepaea Nemoralis)
Red slug 'the homeless' (Arion rufus)

These three snakes meet each other in the middle of a wet roadside on a rainy summer day. The garden snail is hardly moving and seems to be eating the black leaves. The roman snail is walking along the stick, but finds the garden snail in his way. Just when the roman snail is thinking how to get past, Rufus the red slug is coming from the side with all tentacles out. As soon as Rufus touches the roman snail, the roman snail makes a 'quick' turnaround and speeds away after which they all lived happily and forever :)

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  1. View Joost Thissen's profile
    Joost Thissen
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    The roman snail turning around can be seen here:
    Roman snail turnaround (Helix Pomatia) After a red slug showed interest in him this roman snail makes a quick turnaround.<br /> <br /> Dutch name: Wijngaardslak Austria,Geotagged,Helix pomatia,Roman snail
     Posted 13 years ago
  2. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Promoted to homepage for being such a unique combination of species on a single photo, as well as the extensive story telling. Well done, mate! Posted 13 years ago
    1. View Joost Thissen's profile
      Joost Thissen
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      Thanks :) Posted 13 years ago

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The Roman Snail

''Helix pomatia'', common names the Roman snail, Burgundy snail, edible snail, or escargot, is a species of large, edible, air-breathing land snail, a pulmonate gastropod terrestrial mollusc in the family Helicidae. It is one of Europe's biggest species of land snail.

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Similar species: Land Snails And Slugs
Species identified by Joost Thissen
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By Joost Thissen

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Uploaded Oct 16, 2012. Captured Jul 3, 2012 11:02 in Höhenstraße 48a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
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  • SLT-A55V
  • f/5.6
  • 1/200s
  • ISO200
  • 90mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.