WS# 28: Slow

Sunday morning while hanging my laundry outside, I noticed this snail munching on this red pit that fell on the ground. I’m quite happy about that since I rather that they eat this little pit than my irises and callas! It felt a bit strange photographing this creature, because the whole time it seemed like it was eying me back! And certainly looking through a marco lens, you see the smallest details so it really felt like, can it really see me?

On the first photo, can you see his tiny eyes?

snail with eyes in

here, let me show you his eyes on this second photo.
snail with eyes out

I don’t like killing them even though they munch on most our garden greens and flowers. We just poured anti-snails-powder around the plants and flowers so that the snails will not approach them. Seems to be working.

I’ve added this fascinating video of slugs mating:

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15 Comments

  1. bw says:
    May 19, 2008 at 6:08 am

    Awesome ! Tipong National Geographic :happy:

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  2. Cookie says:
    May 19, 2008 at 2:54 pm

    Great shots!! I’m not the biggest fan of snails but they are fascinating creatures :)

    Happy WS!

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  3. ghee says:
    May 19, 2008 at 4:49 pm

    another fascinating shots,Thess!wow!pero..i cant see his eyes :hehe:

    i cant watch the video….i hate things that slithe talaga,including worms,slugs,snakes,etc….

    uy,lets enjoy!and congrats to your new job,yay!!

    cheers!!

    ghee

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  4. Julie says:
    May 19, 2008 at 5:13 pm

    I like this photo though its a bit “kaka” Kakatakot, kakakilabot, :D Wonderful!

    Have a great week, Thess.

  5. Beng says:
    May 19, 2008 at 5:35 pm

    ang galing ng pagkakuha mo thessss. hehehe, what a lovely model. sana ako na yon :whoshuu:

    i heard maganda daw ang weather diyan ngayon. enjoy it dahil di nga ba’t very seldom lang lumalabas ang araw sa area natin. nognog na ako dito sa kakapunta ng dagat, ngipin nalang ang maputi sa akin :hehe:

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  6. Rach (Heart of Rachel) says:
    May 19, 2008 at 6:46 pm

    Great close-up shots of the snail. Very interesting creatures but they can be mean to the flowers and plants. Glad you have something to keep them at bay.

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  7. K says:
    May 19, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    I agree with bw, very national geographic. I wonder how big the snaill really is minus the macroshots?

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  8. sasha says:
    May 19, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    Sya ba si Gary yung friend ni Spongebob? Hehehe

    Ang galing ng pagkakakuha as usual, te. Kaso di ako mahilig sa mga smily at crawling creatures. Salamat na lang at nakita ko sya nang malapitan thru your lens :)

    Have a great week ahead, te! Mwah!

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  9. Meeya says:
    May 19, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    pati ba naman mating may video pa, hahaha! ako rin ayaw kong mag-murder ng suso, it causes an imbalance in the food chain. naks! :D

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  10. Ladynred says:
    May 20, 2008 at 5:04 am

    Nice take on the snails. The video is nakakatakot eh!
    Cooking and Baking

  11. admin says:
    May 20, 2008 at 10:10 am

    BW: talaga ha? :peace:

    COOKIE: I agree

    GHEE: on the first shot, those tiny black ones in front were the eyes…yeah let’s enjoy our jobs, yahoo!!

    JULIE: talagang naKAKA ha ha!

    BENG: halika dine ng ikaw ay gawin kong modelo :mydance: ayos lang mangitim keysa naman mamutla na gaya ko :o hyeah:

    RACH: mean to the plants, that is sooo true!! on the other hand they gotta eat too, but just not my plants and flowers :yay:

    K: this shell was about 50cents (pinoy), some grow twice the size

    SHE: matanda na talaga ako at hindi ko kilala friends ni Spongebob :sad1:
    :kiss: to yah

    MEEYA: oo nga, madi-disrupt ang cycle of life..oh mas naks ha! :hehe:

    LADYNRED: ha ha, the video isn’t nakakatakot naman, lalo na yung nakasabit na sila sa puno and literally hanging by a thread (yung slime nila, ang galing!!) thanks for the visit!!

  12. Weng says:
    May 20, 2008 at 4:21 pm

    grabe naman yang 1million X zoom mo! :) parang gusto ko ng ginataang kuhol. nyahahaha! :P joke!

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  13. kengkay says:
    May 20, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    ugh, i dont like snails though the kids love to collect them.

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  14. Leap of Faith! says:
    May 27, 2008 at 7:25 pm

    Thess, I like your picture but don’t like your subject. Snails are gross… yeeeks!

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  15. ces says:
    June 9, 2008 at 8:15 pm

    halu! syempre pa, grandious shot of a snail! never been this close to one, buti nalang, e nasan ba ang mga mata? haha!

    ces’s last blog post..weekend snapshot: clams by the bay

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