Door snail on tree stump.
Today, I found door snails at several neighbouring locations, the first sightings in weeks.
I’m a bit worried that the unseasonal warm weather has them leave their hiding places.
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AMAZING!
This is one of the favourite wonders I witnessed this year.
And my main proof that the door snails should really be called ACROBAT SNAILS.
I was so amazed, I had to slip them into the story.
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The most shared video was that of a small snail with a long spiral shell, on the main trunk of a beech tree. In the video the snail moved the shell into an upright position above its body and then in a circle back down. Though this snail was native to England, few had ever seen it, and many assumed that this kind of snail only lived in water when, in fact, it lived on the ground and on trees. Officially, this snail was called door snail because inside its shell it had a bone-like structure which it could use to close its shell’s opening. ‘Which is cool,’ one commentator wrote. ‘But you don’t see the cool door. What you see is how these snails deal with their bulky shell. They can move in the traditional snail way: head front, shell on top. And they can move in all sorts of other ways: shell hanging sideways, or when they slide down a tree, they’re upside down, their head towards the pointy top of the shell. And when they come together, they are literally all over each other. As for the acrobatics in the video — elegantly moving the shell above its body — that seals the argument: These snails should be called acrobat snails.’
One snail moving on top of another.
ACROBATs
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Moss on tree, shaped like the profile of a face.
Door snail from earlier this year.
I love this mossy face. It’s on the old beech where I first discovered the door snails, and subsequently this tree became the first of my snail trees.
It seems the snails have all gone, I guess for the whole winter.
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Two door snails communicating.
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THE SNAIL TREES
For tonight, I leave you with these two lovers.
More tomorrow, including a remarkable stunt, more speculations busted and more.
GOOD NIGHT 🌙
Sleep well.
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THE SNAIL TREE
and the kids were having fun!
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Two door snails on beech tree.
TODAY’S LOVERS
The rain seems to invigorate the door snails. I saw two pairs on two beeches, today.
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Door snail on moss on a tree trunk.
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Lately, whenever I checked on the door snails, they were closed & hadn’t moved in days. Today, after a lot of rain, I visited them again & there they were, young & old, gliding along the tree trunks & sort of sucking the surface or moss. Me happy!
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door snail on bark and moss
door snail on bark and moss
Two door snails on bark and moss
door snail on bark
I contacted the data portal ‘Mollusken Deutschland’ to find out more about these snails.
Apparently they are Cochlodina laminata, also known as door snails.
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