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This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.
Be careful when tapping them, because:
Inside every snail shell is a tiny disco ball
Disco isn't dead, instead, it turns out that it just got small
They've got the boogie oogie all up in their buggy bodies
These super freaks of nature love to seek out funky hobbies
This was amazing
Most common "garden snails" in north America are actually invasive and you absolutley should murder them ruthlessly to keep your garden alive
I once had a pet snail when I was a little kid. I found him outside one day and brought him inside. I put him on my shelf in my bedroom. I was very surprised the following morning to find that he had moved to the next shelf down. It kinda freaked me out so I put him back outside.
Wildlife balance? I wouldn't call eating everything I have planted in my garden wildlife balance. Luckily a hedgehog moved in into my garden 2 years ago, he makes sure there's a balance in my garden again. But the snails are suffering, that's for sure.
Hedgehog is Doomslayer of snails?
Reminds me of that kid who ate a snail on a date and had brain damage and died in pain years later.
Fucking brutal.
Was that not a slug?
I've seen news stories for death by eating snails, slugs, and geckos. Also a butterfly that was crushed up and injected.
I did a lot of stupid things as a young bloke, but never did eating random animals from the garden seem like a good idea - let alone injecting one???
Nice try immortal snail
Don't put them on your dry ass hand and let them be.
Last line really needs a citation.
Where I live they are plague. If you have them in your garden they will eat absolutely everything.
I love snails, and I have had them as pets sometimes. They are cute and fun. But most common species found in cities are not endangered afaik, quite the opposite.
They’re pretty easy to get rid of, or at least cull. Leave some beer out and they’ll all drown in it. Snails adore beer.
Shit, you got that right.
Me too, little snails.
Or just pick them up without tapping their shells first. I read somewhere that that is a good way to kill them.
I am a snail.
A useful fact to know if you're playing Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist!
Exactly, they are a massively invasive pest where I live
My thought too. Snails in my area are an invasive species and there's very little that can eat them. They serve no good purpose and compete with the native species, which actually are probably endangered.
Cute and funny?
How do snails "maintain the wildlife balance in our gardens"?
Birds eat the snails. Bird-eating Spiders eat the birds. Phorusrachids eat the bird-eating spiders.
Me: What's a 'phorusachid'?
Wikipedia: Here you go!
Me: ... I regret everything.
French people eat the snails. Acromantulas eat the French people.
Well, shit, nature is healing.
I see they like serious gourmet shit.
This description of the food web seems a little dated. I haven't seen a bird-eating spider in years.
Really? There's one leading the DHS right now.
Ancient Greek sure is a bitch to spell in English.
I'm spelling it the Hiberno-Hellenic way
What vital work do they do, other than feeding birds?
Eating my beans definitely isn't!
If your beans aren't native to your area, I guess they're bringing balance to your ecosystem.
Huh, they originate from central America. TIL
I call BS on this snail tapping thing. I've seen it in meme form like this over and over again, but any time I've tried it (very snaily garden) it's never actually helped in any way.
These little guys are basically the only bugs I see in the shrubs and they are the reason all the shrubs are dying. They are not bringing balance. They are bringing destruction.
the only time I ever interact with snails is when walking the dog late at night. and only by stepping on the poor bastards. they explode. guys just stay off the sidewalks, keep to the bushes ffs
Dude is committing snail genocide via dog walking
snail genocide
Me and the (probably) other two lemmings who have ponds:
Not that I kill them on purpose. But once the little pond snails make it in and multiply like crazy, there are a ton of them in any locations where the fish don’t have access to hoover them up. Just about any of my maintenance tasks will crush some of them plus a bunch of random larvae.
I guess that’s an inevitable downside to having a hobby where I care for a flourishing little ecosystem.
snenocide
two or three each summer... I'm a snailocidal maniac it's true
Honestly, I don't think I've even seen a snail in years. I mean I'm no gardener, and don't necessarily go out of my way to look for little critters, but I live on the US Gulf Coast, and make a point to look out for little helpful harmless critters, so you'd figure I should see more than one a year..
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Here for the obligatory "I'd tap that" quip.
Works a treat for aquarium snails too. A gentle tappy tap tap and they just retract and fall off things.
Why did the snail cross the road?
Not clear. Let it cross the road first.