Say Cheese!
Posted 2009.06.13 16.00 in Aquaria, PhotographyGetting a snail to sit still for the camera: Easy.
Speed Racer, the snail
Getting a snail to wave and give you a big toothy grin: Priceless!
Speed Racer, mugging it up for the camera
Speed Racer is an Apple Snail, Pomacea bridgesii Pomacea diffusa, with colour type Dark Striped Olive. Commonly sold as a ‘black mystery snail’.
(Also visible in the background is Shifty, a Zebra Danio fish.)