Is this real!!!!!!

[Snailmum]

This snail is on ebay, is this the actual colour??? Never seen on quite this blue before.



Val

[pbgroupie]

I'd say, based on the body color, that the picture has been inhanced a bit. Ask for other photos if you plan on buying it.

[Snailmum]

I always thought that a 'blue' snail is in fact a black body showing through a white shell and that a green (jade) snail is a black body showing through a yellow shell!! Is this not true?

Val

[pbgroupie]

Blue is a dark body, and can range from lighter gray to almost black, with a clear to muddy white shell, which is why there are many color variations within the range. Same with the jade, dark body in many shade variations, with a yellow shell ranging from the palest yellow to almost an orange. The thickness of a shell can also affect the appearance of the color.

[Snailmum]

So, the shell isn't really blue, it just appears that way, and if you kept the shells after the snails had died you would never have a blue shell.

Val

[pbgroupie]

Sadly, no.

[snapple]

I bet that photo is very misleading.....