Today I was working in the garden and was struck by the beauty of the striped snails that live there. I looked them up and apparently they are white-lipped snails. The other snail that is common in the garden is the garden snail!
Does garden snail imply a degree of domestication? That some snails have evolved or adapted to live in gardens? Presumably because here there are plenty of young fresh shoots and seed.ing to eat, shady patches to shelter from the sun, and plant pots, stones etc where they can overwinter without being disturbed.
Perhaps them we shouldn’t complain about snails when our cultivation provides them with an ideal habitat!
garden snail left,
The Green Tau 