Mastodawn

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

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Santtu Sammakko Feb 26

@NatureMC So, your advice isn't for pet snails? Well, I had a pet snail as a kid (giant African land snail in English, I think). I had them for maybe two years, and used to grab their shell to lift them quite a lot. Well... over time, their body/foot/whatever started to detach from the shell. 😬 They liked to hang upside down from the lid of the 'tank' (a plastic box lol), but eventually their shell hung _considerably_ lower than before, which looked quite painful... (cont.)

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Santtu Sammakko

@NatureMC (cont.) We decided to put them down because of that.
So, is it different for pet snails? If so, why? Because you lift them up more often? Or because the surface of a tank/plastic box is so smooth it _does_ create a vacuum? I'm no expert on snails... What could I have done to prevent the damage? I feel bad for my deceased pet snail. :/