An African Giant Snail moving slowly towards 2023 …
Technical data: Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max – 26mm Wide Camera (35mm equivalent)
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On my way to Pakamisa’s restaurant I ran into this incredible Giant Snail.
It was a very easy photo shoot with a rather slow but obliging model 😊
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Outside its native range it thrives in areas with mild climates. It can cause severe damage to agricultural crops and native plants. This snail is listed as one of the top invasive species in the world.
The African Giant Land Snail is also a simultaneous hermaphrodite (being male and female at the same time). Snails of similar size can transfer sperm both ways when mating (bilateral mating). If the the two mating partners are of different size then the larger specimen acts as female and the smaller as male (unilaterally mating).
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