Mcdonnels panda snail (Hedleyella maconelli)

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Arachnobaron
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Got a pew pics of these new aditions. One of the largest terrestrial snails in australia, shell length of up to 9cm. I love em, hope you enjoy the pics




 

cacoseraph

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nice!


is the orange stains on your skin from the snails? i was playing with millipedes in the wild today and some stained bits of my skin a similar but not as bright color
 

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Arachnobaron
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wasnt so much a stain, came off no probs, just the color of their slime where it built up in the transport container
 

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Really, really awesome!! :D I love snails.. I want some giant ones someday, but everything is illegal around here haha
 

cacoseraph

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yeah, the living snails are for sure illegal... but that makes me wonder about the shells :D


i bet you would find much softer laws about animal products and not living animals. a couple of those giant ol' snail shells would be a swell thing to have. same thing with the crazy african ones!
 
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