Saturday, March 7, 2015

Snails laid an egg sack~

Snails laid an egg sack~

Can you imagine our surprise to see this big, odd clutch of eggs!!  They have already surprised us with 6-12 small snails weeks ago, and we didn't have a clutch for those babies.  We are learning a lot as we go!

A close-up of what the eggs look like.

Opis, finding an algae chip that got stuck between the plexiglass and the filter--she doesn't let anything stand in the way of her appetite!!!  Can you see the small black baby snail under the algae chip? that is one of the baby snails!

This is Opis, we think this is the female that must have had the egg case, since Bilbo Snaggletooth is too small to have made such a big clutch.  In this picture you can see two baby snails, one on each side of Opis.

This fine fellow (we deduct, it must be a 'he'), is Bilbo Snaggletooth.  They are both VERY active and so fun to watch!


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1 comment:

  1. Wow! That egg case is pretty amazing! I don't know what you will do with all these babies that keep coming!!!!!

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