I really liked this Snail Investigations site. They have pages for Snail Facts, Snail Anatomy, Snail Life Cycle, Snail Investigations, Snails as Pets, Snail Tales, Snail Crafts, Snail Links, Snail Photos, Snail Games, Teacher's Guide, Snail Home, and Schoolyard Safari. Alex and I enjoyed going through many of these pages. But, it didn't answer my question about the extra pair of tentacles.
The apple snail website talk about the cephalic tentacles, which I believe are the ones without eyespots, and the labial tentacles or labial palps. I believe from this site that both of these sets of tentacles might have olfactory (or smell) organs.
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Very cool snail!
Some good snail info here:http://www.backyardnature.net/snail_sl.htm
Loved your post. I love getting into what comes along our way. Great job!
As always, cool pictures! I'm glad the play was wonderful!
Blessings,
Laurie
Very cool little guy. Thanks for the link, my girls love snails and slugs so we will be exploring that site!
lisa
I just can't say I love snails. Or slugs. Ick. But a fascinating study nonetheless! ;)
Definitely a wolfsnail. I'm glad you found my book, Wolfsnail: A Backyard Predator. I wrote it because my son found some wolfsnails about 9 years ago and we couldn't find any books on them. I have some extra stuff at my website: www.sarahccampbell.com. I hope you'll check it out.
You took some great shots!
It's such a beautiful and interesting animal, isn't it?
Snails teach us a lot about don't hurry...
Wow, there's a lot of information about snails on the web. Yours is very interesting--wolfsnail says it all, doesn't it?
Your photos are always so wonderful. Thank you so much for sharing this. It was just fascinating.
Wow, Dana! You've taken some great photos. He's kind of a cute little guy. I don't know how you find all these things. There must be a second set of eyeballs on your kneecaps!..LOL!!!
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