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Gallery: Burgundy Snails Mating

Well, ehm, these are burgundy snails making little burgundy snails right in front of our compost heap. :-) The series is pretty much chronological.

Start of the action
Start of the action		 Trying to align
Trying to align		 Kissing
Kissing		 Frantic Movement
Frantic Movement
Perfect Alignment
Perfect Alignment		 Swaying
Swaying		 Who has the upper hand
Who has the upper hand		 The end (Holding Hands)
The end (Holding "Hands")

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cat bounds20-Feb-2006 22:09
Fascinating and beautifully done............both you and the snails :)
Antje Schulte26-Oct-2004 12:06
:-D Thanks for all your nice comments! I wish I could get back to you in person but you didn't leave you email... The deal is they want to align their body opening to exchange sperm. They are both male and female at once and both want to implant their sperm... Very complicated creatures.
Ka-Hung Daniel Lam 24-Oct-2004 04:10
Rated R
Anyhow... the aligning thing is amazing. What's the deal?!
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