Last week, when I removed an overgrown chive plant from my garden, I discovered it had been covering two snails. One appeared to be missing a big part of its shell and mucous was pouring out of that area. It looked like the other snail was eating the mucous. When I separated them, the wounded one didn’t move but the other one did. I followed its movement taking photographs along the way.
Notice in the photos below that the snail is approaching a crevice in the piece of concrete.
Wow!
Turning to the right.
And then pulling his shell up.
He has almost made it to the top.
Success!
As I continued to watch, I decided to follow him by video.
You are about to enter a snail’s world. [The snail you see at the very end of the first video is the wounded snail. The snail from the photographs above is the star of the first video (47 seconds) and all of the second one (2.59 minutes).]
I thought he was headed in a particular direction but I was wrong!
After about 20 minutes, the wounded snail began to show signs of life. In time it started on its own journey. So was it really wounded? If not, had they been mating?
I looked for information and videos on snail mating but nothing that was described or shown looked like what I had seen. There is so much I don’t know. I appreciate the glimpse into the wonders of nature that this experience has given me.
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Living, Learning and Letting Go 
Wow, you’ve gone all animal planet on us. I really had to let go and enter into the snails world to watch the video. But it was super cool just to slow down enough to appreciate it.
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I’m glad you were able to slow down enough to appreciate it too!
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I’m going with the mating scenario. Much more pleasant thought.
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I still think that probably was what was happening too. Or at least it makes the most sense. And I agree that it is a more pleasant thought than the alternatives!
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An interesting post. Thanks for sharing.
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I’m glad you found it interesting. Thanks for letting me know!
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What a cool, little world you stumbled upon. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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Never to old to learn about something new and different is my motto. Thank you for sharing.
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I know that is true about you!!!
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So so Cool!
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How on earth did I get unfollowed from you? This happens too much. This post is facsinating and amazing. All creatures great and small……
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I’ve missed you. It never occurred to me that you’d been dropped although that certainly would make sense. It happens to me every now and then too. I went to your blog yesterday also to make sure I was still following you. I need to change your listing to email notification since I don’t use the reader very often or not as often as I should anyway.
I think the most incredible Microscopic photos i’ve taken were on a blog post I called something like adding a new dimension to my blog.
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Adi Shakti in one of her many beautiful forms. Thanks for capturing this and transporting me to your garden for a moment.
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🙂
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