Snail Eggs!
Ok, I’m not gonna lie. This post is gross—especially compared with my theatrical contemplations.
But I think it’s funny how even the mundane things can occupy your mind: such as the fact that my snails have laid eggs!
Yes, nice gooey bunches that look like a science experiment gone horribly wrong. But, so applesnail.net tells me, in a few weeks (or less, thanks to this recent heat wave), I’ll have dozens of tiny miniatures of my adult snails foraging through the mire of my five gallon tank. In preparation for their arrival, I’ve been instructed to encourage algae growth, so the little guys won’t have far to travel for their first few meals. It makes me think of Charlotte’s web and all the disgusting and yet strangely beautiful spiderettes floating through the air on their silken parachutes. They’re a lot cuter than my snail eggs at the moment, so you can look at a picture of them while you read this post. I’ll leave the ugliness of invertebrate reproduction to your sordid imaginations.
When the cute baby snails are ready for their ‘welcome to the world’ portraits, you’ll be the first to know.
Correction: Here’s a picture of the parents-to-be, since I can’t find a good image of Charlotte’s babies.
Hikaru and Kaoru, my apple snails (yes, I named them after two boys, their true identities unbeknownst to me at the time)
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