r/mildlyinteresting • u/itsjakerobb • 19h ago

Extremely small snail

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u/Klotzster 18h ago

New record in the quarter mile

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u/Excellesice 18h ago

It's a baby!

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u/Over-Section-6007 18h ago

Now I can't unsee it as a tiny traveler with his own little house, just passing through the coin for scale. Nature really outdid itself with the details on that shell.

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u/Harley4L 18h ago

decent size for a baby

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u/ex-apple 14h ago

Are you sure it’s not the decoy snail?

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u/twelfthfantasy 17h ago

He's just a lil guy

But also a pretty normal size for a snail

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u/itsjakerobb 17h ago

The snails I have seen before are significantly larger. At least 10x this size.

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u/twelfthfantasy 17h ago

Yeah, you're less likely to see smaller things if you're not looking for them.

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u/itsjakerobb 16h ago

I wouldn’t even have seen this one if my 8yo daughter, who is obsessed with tiny things, hadn’t pointed it out.

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u/PacificRimGirl 11h ago

At this rate, he’ll reach the other side of the quarter by next Tuesday

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u/Worried_Radish3866 10h ago

Did you eat it

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u/Emma_Anderson96 18h ago

that snail is absolutely tiny, the quarter really puts its size into perspective

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u/Drekkful 18h ago

Have you guys really never seen a snail before?

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u/itsjakerobb 18h ago

Never one this size. You?

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u/Drekkful 17h ago

Sidewalks and in fish tanks

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u/JimTheDeviant 11h ago

I see snails on the sidewalk all the time, they are at least 10x this size.