Depending on where you live, you may know these snails as Burgundy, Roman, or edible snails. Yes, that last name acknowledges that these garden dwellers are often prepared as a food item, usually called ‘escargot’—the French word for ‘snail.’ In late spring and early summer, the adult snails will lay eggs and cover them up, leaving the young to hatch and survive on their own. Given that the adult snail in our photo is 1.5 inches tall, it puts the juvenile snail’s size into perspective.
From garden to table?
Today in History
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Great hornbill, Thailand
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May the Fourth be with you…
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FOR FOREST by Klaus Littmann
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It’s Endangered Species Day
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St. James Tidal Pool, Cape Town, South Africa
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A story of wind and ice
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It s Teacher Appreciation Week
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It s Independence Day
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Back to the nest
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Grand finish of Le Tour
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Pups of the prairie
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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World Space Week
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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Time to count some birds
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World Laughter Day
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Kirkilai lakes, Biržai Regional Park, Lithuania
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A sea of swirling stone
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Summer’s in home stretch
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Surfer s paradise
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World Rivers Day
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Alaska Day
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The Big Blue of the Sierra
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East River crossing
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