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Recently I had a bunch of snails appear out of nowhere all over the garden. And I spent a whole lot of time, trying to figure out what they were feeding on, cuz
by op03 6y ago
Recently I had a bunch of snails appear out of nowhere all over the garden. And I spent a whole lot of time, trying to figure out what they were feeding on, cuz some were getting really big. The whole thing was quite fascinating...like how the hell were they producing these huge ass shells without tearing all the plants apart? So I call a good buddy over (PhD in bio something or the other) thinking he would be as fascinated. And guess what...he shows up and all he wanted to do was cook them. So much for higher minds.
(we didn't btw)
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- joshspankit 6y ago“Listen: I’m fascinated 23 hours a day. When I go over to a buddy’s house I just wanna eat things. Yaknow?”
- 7thaccount 6y agoHow did you know they were edible? I mean, I know people eat snails in certain parts, but how did you know these were safe?
- evilsetg 6y agoThat is what you have the bio something PhD for :-)
- Archelaos 6y agoIn Germany I only ever eat helix pomatia[1]. Nowadays, they are under nature protection. Only the consumption of cultivated snails is allowed. They are related to mussels and taste similar. I can especially recommend snail cream soup. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_pomatia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix_pomatia
- randycupertino 6y agoI used to think I loved escargot but it turns out I actually just loved them as a delivery vessel for garlic, butter and cheese.
- franknine 6y agoSnails might host Angiostrongylus cantonensis (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostrongylus_cantonensis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostrongylus_cantonensis) which can kill people
- whatshisface 6y agoMaybe he already knew about how the snails did their thing.
- 6510 6y agoDid you try talk with them? They are probably much more like us than we are like 100 billion year old civilizations. They might find us interesting to look at but the proverbial bird watcher doesn't try to sit in the nest.