I had no idea that snails could swim, but this one proved that they can.
In the doggy water bowl of all places, and if the Robin that baths in the bowl saw this, he would have had a hearty breakfast, because we saw the snail in the morning. But no, he didn't as my wife removed the snail after I took some shots of it. She was a real spoilsport, as I was waiting for the snail to do a backstroke :)
We don't have a dog anymore, but the bowls serve a great purpose for the wild birds to drink and to bath in them. Oh, and also for snails to swim in them.
A little beetle was also crawling towards the pool and fell in. My wife, again, was the insect lifesaver. Lol. It was still alive and walked on her finger. She found a nice part of the garden with flowers and no ants for it to spend the morning.
This little anonymous moth (we can't id it, even though we searched through both of our insect books), sat in the sun on a step riser, and so I decided to take a closer look at it. The first thing that I saw was its tiny head, as at a quick glance I thought that it had a missing head.
But I was wrong, as it did indeed have a very small head.
Just look at this below. Can you see how small the head is?
Even the insects seem to relax on a Friday, happy that the week is almost done, and looking forward to the weekend. Nature's codeword seems to be "balance", and if its balance is disturbed by weather or by mankind, then all kinds of pests and illnesses result. Think here about all the plastic that we litter it breaks down into what the scientists call nodules and the animals, and the fish, have shown the researchers that those tiny plastic nodules can be found inside the wildlife. We have to remember that people eat some of the animals and fish, and so they will also digest the plastic nodules. Maybe some of us will also have those plastic nodules inside of us. Think about it.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
Until next time, cheers!