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>At 23:46 3/12/97 +1000, Bruce wrote:
>
>>Snails are not much higher on the list - all I know is that the Mystery
>>Snail (Ampullaria cuprina, I think), is the 0nly one that is NOT a plant
>>eater
>
>The species in the aquarium trade in Australia and generally known as
>Mystery Snails is believed to be Pomacea bridgesi. They will survive for a
>short time out of water but will eventually dry up and die. I'm not quiet
>sure for how long but guess it would depend on the amount of moisture the
>snail was able to store in its body and prevailing temperatures.
>
>I remember some years ago I had a visitor to my fishroom and he was one of
>those Government scientific types. He almost had a fit as he thought that
>they were a variety of those Giant African snails that terrorise farmers in
>some countries overseas. The quarantine department also found some of the
>Giant African snails at one of the container depot here in Brisbane a couple
>of years back. They had arrived unexpectedly in a shipping container. AQIS
>went into panic mode and sprayed the whole complex after a physical search
>and destroy shortee ;-)
>
>Adrian.
>
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