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White-throated Ground Dove (Pampusana xanthonura) © kaeliswift

It hatches from brown, deep, shy, territorial, and white eggs.

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i saw your reply to the triboniophorus photo, what's your favourite snail/slug? my top 3 are probably Echinix (in general), Pupinella rufa, and Chiliborus rosaceus.

Thank you for the ask! Those are some great favorites. I love the shape of Echinix especially. I have got so many favorites! I absolutely love gastropods. I really love colorful species, so a lot of my favorites are very colorful. I couldn’t narrow it down to a top 3, so here are my top 10 in no particular order.

I really love Jenner’s cowry, Jenneria pustulata, I think it’s got such interesting texture, and I really love cowries in general.

© Salvador Jauregui

I think Sea Swallows, genus Glaucus, are really neat. Their shape is something really unique, and I love that they incorporate stinging cells from the man o wars they eat. I’m also a big fan of blue critters.

© Patrys

Flamingo Tongue Snails, Cyphoma gibbosum have absolutely gorgeous patterns on their mantles, and I’ve been lucky enough to find their shells washed up on the beach before. I would love to see a live one some day.

© Frank Krasovec

Julia exquisita is really fascinating to me because it is bivalved, which is something you don’t typically see in gastropods. It’s also carries out kleptoplasty, meaning that it steals the chloroplasts from the cells of the algae it eats, and incorporates them into its own cells, where they can continue to function and provide the snail with ATP for months. I hope to find one of them this spring.

© uwkwaj

I really like the Colorful Moon Snail, Naticarius canrena because it has such gorgeous patterns on its shell, and its body is a very pretty color. I have found their shells before but I have yet to find a live one.

© Mike Krampf

I think the Swallowtail Headshield Slug, Chelidonura hirundinina is super cool looking. I love its body shape and the way its colors contrast. It reminds me of neon paint splattered on a black canvas in the best way possible.

© emgee4

I really like Colpodaspis thompsoni, it’s so goofy. It reminds me of little sunny side up eggs if they were fried on a hammerhead shark.

© uwkwaj

Lamprohaminoea cymbalum is so cool with its little orange spots, and I love that you can see the eyes clearly.

© kaeliswift

I really like Long-tailed Semi-Slugs, their texture reminds me of little snakes. Their tiny shells are so cute. And I can’t get over their color.

© Arnold Wijker

I also really like Athoracophorus, I think they look so interesting, just like new leaves. I think if I saw one in person I would have a difficult time realizing it was a slug!

© Shaun Lee

I also just remembered how much I love leatherleaf slugs, but I said I would keep it to 10, so that will have to be a post for another time.

Thank you Anon, I had a lot of fun putting this together, and I really liked seeing your favorites too!

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Philippine Collared Dove (Streptopelia dusumieri) © kaeliswift

It hatches from brownish, common, dark, flush, large, loud, native, northern, open, short, and uncommon eggs.

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Golden White-eye (Cleptornis marchei) © kaeliswift

It hatches from beautiful, bright, golden, green, open, orange, pale, unique, white, wooded, and yellow eggs.

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Mariana Kingfisher (Todiramphus albicilla) © kaeliswift

It hatches from black, clean, coastal, green, little, loud, pale, white, and yellow eggs.

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Mariana Swiftlet (Aerodramus bartschi) © kaeliswift

It hatches from adjacent, central, dark, native, swift, and tiny eggs.

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Ryukyu Scops Owl (Otus elegans) © kaeliswift

It hatches from adjacent, black, brown, difficult, diminutive, long, oriental, other, overall, pale, short, small, and yellow eggs.

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