Petra van CronenburgFeb 25

Please don't boost #aislop !

This slop graphic went #viral in my timeline on Mastodon. Commentators found the source in a FB slop page, and biologists in the comments tell the facts. Nevertheless, people burst into enthusiasm, so little do they know about nature. #AISlop sites on big platforms gather about 250k followers.

I did a fact-check about real snails.
You can read it here: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/28951404-a41f-4215-ab89-bc35dbc41233

#snail #snails #animalsave #NatureMatchCuts #biodiversity #reconnectWithNature #blog

Show threadSibylleFeb 25

@NatureMC I fell for this one, too.

Will you explain how a snail can heal their house, when it is damaged within a few days, if they are placed in a humid container with nettles (rich in calzium) to eat? I tried that one and it really works.

Show threadLichtscheu Feb 25

@sibylle

I would say the same way we can heal our bones.

@NatureMC

Show threadSibylleFeb 25
@lichtscheu I intended to say: if you write an article about snails, will you include how you can help a snail heal their shell, if it is cracked. I didn't mean the internal processes. Afaik they have some glands to do the job, but I'm not sure. It is not done by cell division quite certainly.
Show threadPetra van CronenburgFeb 25

@sibylle I'm so sorry but the article was already long enough: https://steady.page/en/naturematchcuts/posts/28951404-a41f-4215-ab89-bc35dbc41233

So I didn't write about their methods of repairing but if you have questions, you can ask me here!

@lichtscheu

Snails Or Slop Slime

You're probably all familiar with those pages on the big social media platforms that run as “entertainment” and steal content wherever they can. The main thing is to…

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Show threadSibylleFeb 25
@NatureMC @lichtscheu ha! We also have tigers (limax maximus) on the cat food when it is warmer. Being a night active species they arrive at dusk, and are gone later. I often wonder if they remember where they have all you can eat buffet, or if they are attracted by the smell every evening.
Show threadPetra van Cronenburg

@sibylle I'm not a specialist. But land snails and slugs have very good olfactory senses, they also communicate via pheromones. They can find food and sense dangers, or if the slime comes from snales ready to mate. The olfactory organs sit at the top of the tentacles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropoda#Sensory_organs_and_nervous_system

I suppose that your tigers hide near the food or just smell it from elsewhere.
Here, they are extremely rare but I could attract two with a bit of cat food. Meatlovers.😉

Gastropoda - Wikipedia

Feb 26 at 2:10pmWeb
Show threadSibylleFeb 26
@NatureMC they are actually quite fast compared to other slugs...
Show threadPetra van CronenburgFeb 26
@sibylle mini-raptors. 😁