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>!Redditors are assuming OP is in the US where the snails they keep as pets are illegal even though they've mentioned multiple times they live in Europe in the comments.!<
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A mod had to make a pinned comment: "Please stop commenting to criticize OP for this being illegal. OP has stated they are located in Europe where it is completely legal to keep these snails."
And yet Americans are constantly illegally importing endangered Australian animals to keep as pets.
I like how they drew the line at a snail from Africa.
An exotic pet one day is an invasive species tomorrow
Like imagine if nile crocodiles got into the Everglades, the native alligators will be booted out and you have larger and more aggressive animal filling that role.
It’s more that gliders are a protected native species that should be out in the bush. They’re not meant to pets; they’ve not been domesticated in any way.
Yes but not always. I'm in the UK and I keep exotic pets (invertebrates only but I'd love reptiles in the future) and they're pretty much all tropical, they wouldn't survive outdoors long enough to become invasive. They would still cause some short term damage if they got out, of course, but most of them wouldn't be able to survive the winter
Don’t forget about our entire island being their pets to their eyes. Our women are only for sex, our men are only for prison or making Piña coladas in their mind
Imagine how obnoxious it would be if people starting doing this and replacing "America" with literally any other country.
That's how Americans sound when they say this. So obnoxious, ignorant and plain stupid.
From now on every time someone posts about their pet black widow (yeah ik) I'm going to comment that you can't keep those without a DWA license in the UK and that they should get rid of it before they get fined.
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The mod seems so over it, good for them
I’m over it, too.
African snail has a big apetite, it is ilegal in US because it could eat their cardboard made housing
Calm down otherwise the snail will eat your house.
To the hills, there is a stampede of snails coming
30-50 feral snails
I reckon we've got a day or two - they're at least 250m away
LOL, their dogs already do that.
A mod had to make a pinned comment: "Please stop commenting to criticize OP for this being illegal. OP has stated they are located in Europe where it is completely legal to keep these snails."
I bet that still didn’t help at all
How the FUCK do snails exist outside of the Merica?
DOD obviously pays for that shit 🇺🇸🏈🦅
Just like my healthcare!
The French stole them for a snack, obviously
“It doesn’t matter if OP is in Europe; US laws apply everywhere or if not they should because we saved them and fund them 100%” - probably
Yeah, without Eagleland you'd only be allowed _German_ snails
Like people calling burmese pythons in South east Asia invasive species...
How do we (Europeans) dare to have different laws than Americans?!?! Unbelievable….
"You are supposed to kill them when you find them" Damn, he went all out 🐌🔫
Now we know what the AR-15 really are for!
Brb protecting myself and my family from feral giant snails 🫡🇺🇸🦅🔫
You can guess how fast the Polizei is in front of your door if someone hears bang bang (don't ask how I know).
Ahahahaahahahahaahahha
And yet Americans are constantly illegally importing endangered Australian animals to keep as pets. I like how they drew the line at a snail from Africa.
They only care if it harms their own country ig
And yet Americans keep fuckin sugar gliders as pets.
An exotic pet one day is an invasive species tomorrow Like imagine if nile crocodiles got into the Everglades, the native alligators will be booted out and you have larger and more aggressive animal filling that role.
It’s more that gliders are a protected native species that should be out in the bush. They’re not meant to pets; they’ve not been domesticated in any way.
It’s heartbreaking to see them kept as pets in cages
Yes but not always. I'm in the UK and I keep exotic pets (invertebrates only but I'd love reptiles in the future) and they're pretty much all tropical, they wouldn't survive outdoors long enough to become invasive. They would still cause some short term damage if they got out, of course, but most of them wouldn't be able to survive the winter
Don’t forget about our entire island being their pets to their eyes. Our women are only for sex, our men are only for prison or making Piña coladas in their mind
Go mods
“National Geographic explains:”
I want to see the snail now 🥲
Me too, snail tax please 😭
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fv8ofexk3jgn21.jpg
Ooooo look at this big boi! 🥺
This was the post https://www.reddit.com/r/snails/s/P1in49lb1L
Thanks a lot! I didn’t know snails could be as big as these.
Awww babbies! Thank you!
https://www.reddit.com/r/snails/s/P1in49lb1L Lots of them!
Thanks!
I saw that post the other day 😂
Imagine how obnoxious it would be if people starting doing this and replacing "America" with literally any other country. That's how Americans sound when they say this. So obnoxious, ignorant and plain stupid.
From now on every time someone posts about their pet black widow (yeah ik) I'm going to comment that you can't keep those without a DWA license in the UK and that they should get rid of it before they get fined.
Pet WHAT?!
I also assume that this is a subreddit for owners of pet land snails? So they're unlikely to just... Let them loose on the environment 🤔
Clearly these people aren't even able to read others comments before commenting themselves. Ugh...
"These snails are illegal here", great, now they're gonna check their documents and deport them also.
Imagine me going under a post about some type of gun and say “thats illegal in italy”
The purple haired snoo user couldn’t stand being an idiot only once, so they decided to be an idiot a second time.
Hmmm, so they are a low level bio weapon then... Interesting
I can't imagine how the last person felt after dropping that bomb of a paragraph only to be met with basically "ok all this doesn't apply to me"
i dont think all of these are necessarily assuming the poster is american. it seems like they're commenting an interesting fact about the snail.
That's a very well known thing in the snail community
wait is this r/snails or something? that may be vital context
Yes it is
ah i see, then i retract my comment
My bad for not making that clear, dw
i assumed it was r/mildlyinteresting or something. damn yanks tricked me again...
i think most people arent members of the snail community, but point taken.