Snails and Frogs

Bad snail! Bad! Don’t eat the aquarium frog! (Imagine, snails as bullies. They frequently pester the aquarium frogs and the frogs don’t like it. A snail just landed on one of them and terrified the poor frog. The frog would try to move, the big snail would cling on, wrapped nearly around it.

The snails got me reading about octopi and how there are people who will try to keep them in home salt water aquariums but it’s almost impossible as they’re so smart and are such escape artists. Plus they bore so easily that it’s fairly cruel to do to them. I already knew this but was reacquainting myself, having been charmed by their distant cousins, the snails, who haven’t much of a brain going for them. My favorite pro aquarium story so far is of an octopus who didn’t like that it’s been fed slightly spoiled shrip, waited until the keeper returned, made eye contact, then jammed the food down the drain.