Thorny snails?

[darkdep]

Yep, I have

[succinctfish]

Has anyone had any luck identifying these mysterious beauties yet?  I certainly haven't found anything like them; I've looked at so many snail pics now that they're imprinted on my retinas, but none of them look like PFG's snails. 

[Seanc]

I know quite a few of us that have spent more than that on one fish! 

darn, you got me.

[artw]

I think the most I've spent on a fish so far (in my new life) was $14.95 on the L205

[apistome]

artw is a recovering Africanaholic.

Do you know where a guy can get a glass of Africanahol?

[artw]

I got mine here
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-13.015262,34.804688&spn=3.146628,3.674927&om=1

[apistome]

I got mine here
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=-13.015262,34.804688&spn=3.146628,3.674927&om=1

I love google satellite,  did you stay in the city on the southern peninsula? and is that all beach along the shoreline? Looks beautiful......

as beautiful as those snails you found PFG!

[artw]

Actually yes we stayed at Kambiri Point, Salima, and dove all over the southern part of the Lake.  which is the point south of Senga http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=-13.752391~34.50119&style=r&lvl=12

[PaleoFishGirl]

They're still alive as of this morning.  Any of you snail people have any idea how I could attempt to breed them (and perhaps make my money back?)

...just trying to steal my thread back from artw

[artw]

oh I brought back plenty of Lanistes snail shells   (see, its about snails!) *ducks*

[RoxyDog]

an idea on how you could attempt to breed them?  ahem, well PFG, see there's something called the birds and the bees...

[PaleoFishGirl]

What do birds and bees have to do with snails

[mseguin]

Well, when two snails love each other, or in some cases, one snail loves itself.....

[Underwater]

My uneducated guess is that those snails won't breed in freshwater.

[apistome]

mommy why are the snails fighting?

....because they're Thorny.

[artw]

http://artw.myvnc.com/sound.wav

[babblefish1960]

So has anyone actually found some real information on this snail?

I am wondering if it is from deepest darkest africa, where it roams the veldt with the mighty lions and hunts the skittish impala.

Or, maybe it hangs out with rhino's, hence the thorns to fool everyone.

Any real ideas?

[artw]

I have one here right now roaming around the tupperware container on Art's desk.  Co workers gave me some funny looks, like Art, what's for lunch today?  Escargot of course.

[darkdep]

Hey, don't let anyone get any ideas.  That's my snail!

[darkdep]

Has anyone found out any info on these?  The one that PFG brought back for me and artw didn't eat is doing fine in my office tank, but I feel bad not knowing what it eats