Tadpoles (07) – Snail world

The last few tadpoles have surfaced so I released them:

Many of the snail eggs have hatched and right now I can easily see dozens of tiny snails, so perhaps there are over 100 in total right now. Some smaller than others, and in the larger ones you can start seeing the patterning on the shell:

And a photo of one of the larger ones I started with:

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