citynoise.org
What is Citynoise?..... Today's posts..... This month..... Recent Comments..... Contact..... RSS Feed.... Post your own Citynoise.....
http://www.citynoise.org  

browse by city

Brooklyn, NY (1053)
New York, NY (911)
Toronto, ON (800)
Montreal, QC (419)
London, UK (307)
Houston, TX (285)
Philadelphia, PA (198)
Seattle, WA (190)
Oakland, CA (182)
Queens, NY (164)
complete city list

popular articles

1990s NYC Graffiti: Part 8
from: Peter
A Dish Best Served Wet & Warm
from: Peter
Wheels of Soul Motorcycle Club
from: Peter
There Once Was a House...
from: Mikee
Russian Army Freight Transport
from: belyz
what's hot this month?

recent articles

Trike Blastin'
from: serlingrod
Illuminite
from: Patrick
Painting the Town
from: Robert
To All the People Who Think This Is a Sex Shop
from: Luke
Mininon 2: Now with Hats Gorra!
from: Peter
SPASHAL OFeR
from: Ender
Hello Operator...
from: Mikee
DV-2011... Have You Apply Yet!
from: Peter
Hand Job, Grand Opening!
from: Ender
Abandoned Church
from: Mikee
read all today's articles

browse by author

Peter (1178)
joey (326)
jack (309)
EvilGentleman (285)
hool (247)
complete author list

hot topics

افلام سكس
نيك
hot sixy girl bf photo
sex imag
photo woman s e x
parkour
abandoned
photo six woman
teen six girl
kid pk graffiti
please sixy sixy girls
زب
my bits
ينيك
sex garl

A Tree Snail in Brooklyn

- Peter - Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009 : goo

[previous] :: [next]

image 35697


I was surprised to recently come across some large, boldly-striped tree-snails in my neighborhood in Brooklyn. I always love finding unexpected nature in the City. I was surprised to find them in such a dense urban environment as this industrial lot in , perhaps because I always assumed that they lived in lush jungles or rural areas.

I'm no invertebrate biologist or snail expert (and I'm sure someone who knows more about snails will eventually come across this post and set us all straight), but it seems to me that this might be a , or more exactly, a or perhaps a brown-lipped snail:

www.biopix.com/Species.asp?Searchtext=Cepaea%20nemoralis&Category=Bloeddyr


tree









This article has been viewed 2666 times in the last 7 months


Franny Wentzel: 3rd Sep 2009 - 03:44 GMT

Some time later...

image 35698

pierre: s car go

מוטי ויסברוט : 3rd Sep 2009 - 13:14 GMT

Amazing . 03/09/09

The Bigger E: 7th Sep 2009 - 12:50 GMT

We have the same sort of snails around here, too. (southwest Montreal) Striking, aren't they?

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 15th Sep 2009 - 21:14 GMT

image 35937

Snails in Crete. They were everywhere, like crunchy grass.

Franny Wentzel: 25th Oct 2009 - 19:42 GMT

_@_v - and those who believeth in the great snail shall have lichen everlasting...

Comment on this article..

Name:

Type your comment here: Upload photos (opens in popup window)

[previous] :: [next]

search citynoise.org

recent discussions

Fuck England
from: Peter
PDX Graffiti Like Ummm...
from: fuzzytank
High Heat, Kezam
from: Peter
Yuba
from: Paul G
JA: A True NYC King
from: Peter
America's Most Boring Towns: 10
from: Scott Sargent
My Unusual Hobby
from: Ralph Enderby
NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up
from: Metro1
You Know You're in Montreal When...
from: EvilGentleman
Graf on the Tracks, Pt. 3
from: Peter

from the archives

Contrail over Church Street


Contrail over Church Street

recently viewed

A Tree Snail in Brooklyn
from: Peter
MIT Campus
from: Tyfoid Kid
NYC Trackbikes
from: Peter
Homage to Old Shoes
from: Peter
Joe's Diner
from: CE
NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up
from: Metro1
Shameless 1
from: Aurasaur 2ft
Abandoned Carriage
from: Peter
Dancing Fred
from: clarky
A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa
from: colavitos ghost