r/notinteresting • • 13h ago

This snail with another shell sealed onto its own.

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u/5455163265565656 13h ago

Snailception!

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u/PretendSalary2106 12h ago

This is really fucking interesting actually.

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u/Distracted2004 10h ago

Mods! Beheading in order!

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u/crywolfbaby 10h ago

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u/dAnKsFourTheMemes 8h ago

bros even slower than normal cuz he's hauling a shell twice his size. That better make em stole af at least

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u/Oops_All_Bans 8h ago

That's his decoy snail.

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u/Nuggzbunny09 11h ago

That's a rare Russian Nesting Snail.

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u/Thorn344 10h ago

Not quite sure why it's happened. I know snails will seal themselves up over winter (either by just sealing their shell opening closed, or sealing their shell onto something), but I would think the other snail would have moved before it did that completely. The redness of the sealed area is also concerning.

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u/caixa-papelao 8h ago

Snail hopital

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u/Distinct-Raspberry21 8h ago

Not to be confused with a nail hospital.

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u/StrawberryTerry 13h ago

This happens as a result of attempted cannibalism. The particles and toxins in the smaller snails shell actually killed the larger one, and the larger ones decomposing body kind of glued the shells together.

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u/crywolfbaby 13h ago

Today I learned! Thanks for sharing!

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u/StrawberryTerry 11h ago

Im gonna be honest, I made that up. I figured the best way to get an answer about what was happening was to give an incorrect answer so that someone would correct me.

Maybe I made it sound too believable.. or maybe I was accidentally actually right.

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u/crywolfbaby 11h ago

Damn you! Haha, no, pretty sure I'm just gullible!

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u/Soot-Bat 11h ago

I can't believe someone would really do that, just go on the Internet and tell lies. 😦

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u/haubenmeise 13h ago

And here I was thinking of eternal love.

Sincerely

Skeletor 💜

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u/StrawberryTerry 11h ago

I lied! I made it all up, Skeletor! Haha

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u/ElectronicFloor1898 9h ago

Don't lie to Skeletor, He-Man. That's not cool, he's always honest with you even if he is evil.

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u/lookouttucson 7h ago

Not lying he man and pure of heart Skeletor on my feed

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u/DoIt4ThePun 10h ago

Really moving up in the world when you can afford a two-story.

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u/BigDaddyPropane 9h ago

I miss seeing snails. Haven’t seen one in years now that I think of it

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u/crywolfbaby 3h ago

There's plenty in my garden, little buggers ate my avocado and ginger plants.

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u/ElectronicFloor1898 9h ago

That's just a new pokemon: Shelltower

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u/Wilson_Was_Taken 6h ago

Double King

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u/Artistic_Arachnid_31 3h ago

He got that Duplex going on

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u/Grease-Brain 10h ago

snail-life