- they're called bill and ben
- they need half a cuttle fish every 2 weeks or they'll absorb nutrients from each others' shells instead
- they are hermaphrodites
- rhiannon's been looking after them, and it's been giving her mum nightmares
- they lay on average 200 eggs per clutch, and lay 5-6 clutches per year
- the eggs have about a 90% viability
- if my calculations are correct, then, 2 x 200 x 5 x 0.9 gives me 1800 1st generation snails in a year
- they take about 4 months to reach maturity and can grow up to 7 or 8 cm tall and 20 cm long
- they are apparently giant african snails
also, anyone wanting to bring a pizza round instead of snail's welcome to - just send me a text or drop by! as of tomorrow I'll be living here.
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