What is this???

TooManyDogs

Gary is an apple snail, has 2 sets of antenna but tonight I saw the other tube, he's able to retract it at will. Is it a willy?? Air pipe??

Silverfish

lol.

They have two labial antennae, two cephalic tentacles, two eye stalks, and a siphon stalk. So that's his siphon stalk.

Their willies only come out when they're mating.

I never thought I'd get to use this pic in context, but here's my snails getting it on.



which results in these little guys:




Here's an apple snail anatomy

DjFlin

It looks like a tentacle to me. So if you live in Japan, then yes, its a willy. Otherwise no...........Japan is a scary place.....

TooManyDogs

Thanks for that! I love boards

chris139ryan

gorgeous color snail

TooManyDogs

Gary is very handsome but then I'm biased

Silverfish

Is he normally that purple colour? The purple and pink ones are gorgeous.

Mine are just plain golden apple snails.

TooManyDogs

The photo adds a bit more purple/blue than he would have but he has a blue shell and his body is a dark purple/blue colour with some red iridescent red marks on it