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The Living Forest (315) : mating snails

The Living Forest (315) : mating snails

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Mark Billiau.


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The Living Forest (315) : mating snails

This collage illustrates the mating process of Roman Snails :

1. The beginning
2. Foreplay I
3. Foreplay II
4. Actual mating

The Roman Snail is hermaphroditic, meaning that both male and female sexual organs are present in the same individual.

The mating takes several hours and sometimes even a day !
(wish I was a Roman Snail......)

Dutch name : Wijngaardslak
German name : Weinbergschnecke
Latin name : Helix pomatia

Here you can see all shots in full detail :

The beginning
The beginning
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Foreplay I
Foreplay I
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Foreplay II
Foreplay II
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Actual mating
Actual mating
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