#rosy wolf snail

[the-named-anon]

My hidden talent is being able to get snails to come out of their shell

[rosetintedterror]

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[rinleycoyote]

Long overdue POD UPDATE!

*airhorn*

I got TWO new species of isopods from Repticon- clowns and Porcellio Sevilla, which I’ve dubbed Hofflings for their resemblance to Hoffmanseggi but smaller size and less fight-me-bro demeanor.

I saw so many cool creatures, held a four year old rat, and came home with an additional impulse purchase… Pardon the clutter, but this is Cheza.

(Tumblr is absolutely shitting the bed with me trying to add photos so I hope the right ones are even in here lol).

I was enchanted the moment I saw her. She was $10, she likes blackberry leaves and lettuce and mostly pretends to be a stick all day. I love her very much. <3

I’ve also added two predators to my little family. One is, well, a tiny praying mantis (as of yet nameless). The other is a rosy wolf snail named Snackbeard (snail Blackbeard), which I did not know only eats other snails when I acquired him. It’s been an adventure feeding both of them! A lot of foraging, a lot of standing under my porch light at night dodging big beetles and palmetto bugs trying to catch little flies with my big clumsy human hands. I don’t like to watch when they eat, but as long as I know they are eating, that’s all I need.

My little family’s gotten slightly bigger this summer, but I love them all and look forward to sharing more stories as they occur.

[elasmobranch-enthusiast]

rosy wolf snail! 🐌:)

[wolfsnails]

mr big chungus

[umbrasdoodles]

Here is a character concept that has been rattling in my brain awhile - a rosy wolf snail kemonomimi who's just kinda unhinged, a little bit cray cray, a tad murdery.  (The joke being that rosy wolf snails are vicious carnivores that prey on other snails and slugs!)

[buglopedia]

A lil friend!

[rebeccathenaturalist]

This is super exciting! Invertebrates are often overlooked in favor of the charismatic megafauna, but in a lot of ways they're even more ecologically crucial. These little native snails are detritivores, helping to break down decaying matter and convert it back to nutrients more accessible to other living beings. The invasive snails that overtook their habitat--the African giant land snail and the rosy wolf snail--don't fulfill the same ecological roles. The former voraciously chows down on live plants, while the latter is a carnivore that hunts down other snails.

It's even more important to be reintroducing the native partula snails, because these species have been declared extinct in the wild. The last few members of each species were brought into captivity and bred in safe enclosures, and now their descendants are heading back to their historic range in places that have had all of their predators removed so they have a good chance of building up a healthy population before spreading out beyond those safe confines.

And to that I say: "Go, little snails, go!"

[plaguedocboi]

Trick or treat!

Rosy wolf snail!

[lilithsaintcrow]

“Snails are notoriously un-speedy, but you don’t want one of these on your trail: they can climb trees and hunt underwater. The species is native to the southeastern US, but they’ve been introduced elsewhere.”

[qudachuk]

Misguided introduction of alien predator saw partula snails driven from their habitat – but zoos have reared new populationsWhen French Polynesia was overrun by the invasive African giant land snail, another alien species, the predatory rosy wolf snail, was...

[elasmobranch-enthusiast]

baby rosy wolf snail :)

[wolfsnails]

happy birthday little guys!!!!!!!

[abarelysapientpairofshoes]

Still obsessed with the rosy wolf snail I saw a couple months back. They were so very long.