There was this snail on my window... ~~Confirmed~~ **Now with pic**

WinkOsmosis

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It has been sitting there, sideways, for weeks, or even months, in the part of the window that you hold to slide it up. I thought it was dead and just stuck there. Now, the first day of heavy rain we've had in a long time, the snail is crawling on the glass!! This is amazing. Do they hibernate until it rains or something??
 

WinkOsmosis

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It has been crawing down the window, since I noticed it. It returned to the part below the "handle". I opened the window so hopefully it will go outside.
 

WinkOsmosis

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Now there is another, smaller snail crawling along the ledge. If my camera wasn't in the car I would take pictures.
 

dabuddha

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Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Now there is another, smaller snail crawling along the ledge. If my camera wasn't in the car I would take pictures.

Goto your damn car! :)
 

notfred

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Once my neighbor went through his entire garden and filled a two gallon bucket halfway full of snails.

Then he took the bucket, dumped it in the street, and ran over it with his car. We had squished snails stuck to the street for months.
 

hdeck

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Originally posted by: dabuddha
Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
Now there is another, smaller snail crawling along the ledge. If my camera wasn't in the car I would take pictures.

Goto your damn car! :)

it's pouring down rain and his umbrella is in the car. needless to say he's no boyscout.

*edit* it mysteriously stopped raining...
 

WinkOsmosis

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Originally posted by: Tyler
Once my neighbor went through his entire collection and filled a two gallon bucket halfway full of snails.

Then he took the bucket, dumped it in the street, and ran over it with his car. We had squished snails stuck to the street for months.

Why?
 

Dedpuhl

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Originally posted by: Tyler
Once my neighbor went through his entire collection and filled a two gallon bucket halfway full of snails.

Then he took the bucket, dumped it in the street, and ran over it with his car. We had squished snails stuck to the street for months.

WTF. That's just wrong...
 

Hoober

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Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
Originally posted by: Tyler
Once my neighbor went through his entire collection and filled a two gallon bucket halfway full of snails.

Then he took the bucket, dumped it in the street, and ran over it with his car. We had squished snails stuck to the street for months.

WTF. That's just wrong...

Your friend is a real winner!
 

notfred

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Why the hell did I write "collection" when I meant "garden"? :confused:

Anyway, he did it cause he didn't want snails in his garden. Why he couldn't find a less messy way to kill them, I dunno.
 

WinkOsmosis

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Originally posted by: Tyler
Why the hell did I write "collection" when I meant "garden"? :confused:

Anyway, he did it cause he didn't want snails in his garden. Why he couldn't find a less messy way to kill them, I dunno.

Why didn't he want snails in his garden? Why didn't he just release them in someone else's garden??
 

notfred

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Because the purpose of a garden is to cultivate plants. When snails eat the plants, it is counter productive.
 

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Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis
AhhH! Now there are 6 little snails crawling all over my window!

Watch out....They're coming for you.....Don't turn your back on them....
 

bunker

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I had about a dozen of them on my back door over the weekend. Little tiny bastards, their shells were only about a quarter of an inch across.