Got rid of all our female snails

[u/Tyrannicus100BC]

Now our 12 remaining boy snails just hump each other in these orgy balls all day long.

I should say it was an accident that we got rid of the females. We had a population explosion and gifted away 50 snails… and only kept boys. Sigh.

[u/Derek4aty1]

Oh wow that’s the largest snorgy I’ve ever seen

[u/Tyrannicus100BC → u/Derek4aty1]

lol. I had heard of “parasnailing”, but not “snorgy”. How is one to keep up with the plethora of snail related puns and shorthand’s?

[u/B_EE → u/Tyrannicus100BC]

r/parasnailing

r/snorgies

[u/ilycats]

this needs a NSFW tag 😤

[u/sugahack]

Those are some horny snails

[u/Kimmy-Privilege]

(sn)orgy

[u/AVAdoca]

A snexy consnensual sn-orgy= get ready for lots of SN-EGGS

[u/Majestic-Fox-8047]

Ooooo lgbtqS(nail)+

[u/Away-Bandicoot8389]

How could you tell which were male or female?

[u/Tyrannicus100BC → u/Away-Bandicoot8389]

I have absolutely no idea, but if anyone knows…

[u/Rhaldor → u/Tyrannicus100BC]

Snails are hermaphrodite, so unless you get rid of all but one, they'll keep on mating.

[u/Emuwarum → u/Rhaldor]

The majority of aquatic snails kept as pets are actually gonochoric. Only 3 of the most common species are hermaphrodites. 

[u/Rhaldor → u/Emuwarum]

Then I stand corrected. My knowledge comes from high school biology from 35 years ago, lots of that has been proven wrong and now I can add that to the list.

[u/Emuwarum → u/Rhaldor]

It's accurate enough for land snails but not aquatic.

[u/Low_Simple_8381 → u/Rhaldor]

Mystery snails like these are male or female. Males will try to breed with any other snail that is large enough to get a grip on (they'll just crawl over pest snails but harass rabbit or other mystery).

[u/Emuwarum → u/Tyrannicus100BC]

Look up the shell on their right side (your left), if there's a penis sheath you've got a male. If nothing really visible then female. 

[u/OctologueAlunet]

Is that species hermaphrodite? I thought they were.

[u/Tyrannicus100BC → u/OctologueAlunet]

My extensive field research suggests they aren’t :P

[u/nicolettejiggalette → u/OctologueAlunet]

No

[u/OctologueAlunet → u/nicolettejiggalette]

Alright I learned something lol

[u/Leading-Problem9360]

This reminds me of a certain South Park episode

[u/Fair_Peach_9436]

Snails are intersex

[u/Emuwarum → u/Fair_Peach_9436]

Intersex is not the state of a species, you mean hermaphrodite. Only a few of the commonly kept aquatic snails are hermaphrodites, all the rest are gonochoric like humans. 

Intersex = 1 individual that doesn't match the species typical setups. The majority are infertile and they cannot use both sets of reproductive organs. 

Hermaphrodite = default sex for the entire species, has both reproductive organs. May not be able to use them at the same time, some species (sequential hermaphrodites) need to shift over to using the other set over a period of time and can only do that once in their lives. Simultaneous hermaphrodites can use both organs at the same time.

[u/Velcraft → u/Fair_Peach_9436]

Not all of them, especially when it comes to aquatic snails.