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Day 30 of posting cute creatures we found on our field trip:

Turkish snail (Helix lucorum) is a quite common species in Balkans, but we aren’t certain whether it’s native or not. It probably came here from Turkey with the Ottomans and made itself very comfortable.

This is a very friendly snail. My professor likes to call it “chocolate snail” because of its brown coloration. As all Helix species, it’s very voracious, so it can be a pest in some areas, but it’s also edible. Some people have this snail as a pet that is very easy to keep and can live for over 20 years!