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And I am an optimist, so despite the total failure of the last flower-recognition, here are some more Miscellaneous Flowers if anyone recognises them




I think the top right is a marigold; the bottom right grows on a very flimsy stalk; the bottom left grows very close to the ground; the top left is the shy blue flower of my previous posting

Date: 2007-07-28 06:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fivemack.livejournal.com
I found a whole lot of snails hiding behind a large weed, worryingly close to the one remaining undevoured-by-snails broccolus in my broccoli patch, so decided that I should virtuously feed the thrushes of the neighbourhood by transferring the snails to a large flat surface.

I then thought it would be fun to line up the snails in a line; unlike ducks or kittens, once aligned they remain in line long enough to photograph, before crawling away to the underside of the roof of the bird-table.

I believe there is such a thing as a Processional Caterpillar, whose colonies march in lines without human intervention, but these snails are an example of marginally-intelligent design.

Date: 2007-07-28 10:12 pm (UTC)
liv: cartoon of me with long plait, teapot and purple outfit (teeeeeeeeea)
From: [personal profile] liv
I have actually seen a naturally occurring straight line of snails. It was when I was out very early in the morning, on a damp day. Many many snails crawled out of a hedge and slithered towards the sunlight at the slow snail's pace of snails in the shade. And they'd all got about equally far when I came across them, dozens and dozens of them, assorted sizes but all in a row. The row was several tens of paces long, too.

Date: 2007-07-29 08:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bugshaw.livejournal.com
Hum. It scares me how gullible I sometimes am.

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