My friend has two giant African land snails for her primary school class, and obviously with it being the summer holidays she has them at home so she can look after them.
Today, the albino African land snail, Ethel, laid eggs. Hundreds of them! I dont know why she was shocked, keeping two snails together in an enclosed space....
Anyway, obviously she doesn't have the space of time to care for that many eggs, and they can't just be thrown away as they are an invasive species. One of the options to 'kill' the eggs is to freeze them, which she did.
I now feel like fertility wise, I will have more in common with poor Ethel the snail than I ever will with my friend.
Ewww, hundreds of eggs? Vomit.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, Ethel can't have her eggs at a later date? I do feel remorse for the snail. Essentially she's lost some spawn. I'll even cry when the little sea turtles hatch on the beach, but not all of them make it to the sea to their mother. Xx
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ReplyDeleteAs ridiculous as it sounds, I would be lying if my heart didn't break a little when she was removing Ethels eggs from her. Poor cute Ethel was just watching :(
ReplyDeletehaha sorry Cat! We also have a penchant for human names for animals...
I feel bad for not feeling bad for Ethel and concentrating on the gross number of eggs, lol. Glad you girls took up that part.
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