Snail garden
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I took a few pictures of this snail on the pink Gerbera before it was removed.
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I’ve had a chance to document the behavior of the endangered Everglades Snail Kite and this is one of my favorite images. I was following this guy zooming along until it spotted an Apple Snail. It put on the brakes shot at it’s prey. This is the transition that lasted a split second.
For Macro Mondays - Unusual Patterns
And for the FFF+ Snap Happy - I Spy Something Begining With S.
I spotted this tiny (3/4 inch) snail in the heart of one of our succulent plants.
Happy Macro Monday
(Rostrhamus sociabilis) It looks like we won't be able to visit the US for some time yet and we're missing our trips to Florida! I thought I would post a few more pics from our last trip in Oct 2019.
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snail is, in loose terms, a shelled gastropod. The name is most often applied to land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod molluscs. However, the common name snail is also used for most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have a coiled shell that is large enough for the animal to retract completely into. When the word "snail" is used in this most general sense, it includes not just land snails but also numerous species of sea snails and freshwater snails. Gastropods that naturally lack a shell, or have only an internal shell, are mostly called slugs, and land snails that have only a very small shell (that they cannot retract into) are often called semi-slugs.Snails have considerable human relevance, including as food items, as pests, and as vectors of disease, and their shells are used as decorative objects and are incorporated into jewelry.The snail has also had some cultural significance, tending to be associated with lethargy. The snail has also been used as a figure of speech: someone who is not moving fast enough is "slow as a snail." The snail is the same or similar shape as the Cochlea.
(Rostrhamus sociabilis) The snail kite is a locally endangered species in the Florida Everglades, with a population of less than 400 breeding pairs. Research has demonstrated that water-level control in the Everglades is depleting the population of apple snails which is their main diet. Their slender curved bill is ideal for winkling apple snails out of their shells!
Macro Mondays @ "It's Alive"
The snail was returned unharmed outside with just a bit of a beer buzz :-)
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“Snails do not despair for having short legs, but rejoice for being able to travel long distances in spite of them.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo
Taken at the Melbourne International Flower and Gardens Show in March 2019.
Cochliasanthus caracalla is a leguminous vine from the family Fabaceae, originating in tropical South America and Central America. The species is named caracalla, a corruption of the Portuguese caracol, meaning snail.
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