Happy National Snail Day!
🐌🦑 #invertebrates
#NationalSnailDay
More snailevangelism to come, but needed to kick off with this!
youtu.be/RnaDJ4JcZPw?...
🐌🦑 #invertebrates
#NationalSnailDay
More snailevangelism to come, but needed to kick off with this!
youtu.be/RnaDJ4JcZPw?...
Snail metal goes hard..
YouTube video by Ready Go
youtu.be
May 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Happy National Snail Day!
🐌🦑 #invertebrates
#NationalSnailDay
More snailevangelism to come, but needed to kick off with this!
youtu.be/RnaDJ4JcZPw?...
🐌🦑 #invertebrates
#NationalSnailDay
More snailevangelism to come, but needed to kick off with this!
youtu.be/RnaDJ4JcZPw?...
In the US it is #NationalSnailDay!!
So what do Muhammed ibn Haddu, a shelled gastropod & John Aubrey have in common?
The link? A cure for gout that features in Aubrey's Natural History. Poor snail 🐌This story will feature in an exhibition at @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social in 2026 😁 #JohnAurbrey
So what do Muhammed ibn Haddu, a shelled gastropod & John Aubrey have in common?
The link? A cure for gout that features in Aubrey's Natural History. Poor snail 🐌This story will feature in an exhibition at @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social in 2026 😁 #JohnAurbrey
May 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In the US it is #NationalSnailDay!!
So what do Muhammed ibn Haddu, a shelled gastropod & John Aubrey have in common?
The link? A cure for gout that features in Aubrey's Natural History. Poor snail 🐌This story will feature in an exhibition at @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social in 2026 😁 #JohnAurbrey
So what do Muhammed ibn Haddu, a shelled gastropod & John Aubrey have in common?
The link? A cure for gout that features in Aubrey's Natural History. Poor snail 🐌This story will feature in an exhibition at @chippenhammuseum.bsky.social in 2026 😁 #JohnAurbrey
🐌Happy #NationalSnailDay everyone! Two snail based events coming up next month - a chat about snail fighter extraordinary Thersites free to catch online, and a staging of the play Thersites at an in person show. Details below - but till then, here's one we prepared earlier!
youtu.be/vqAgXc1_6jM?...
youtu.be/vqAgXc1_6jM?...
Thersites | Second Look Performance (Beyond Shakespeare Exploring Session)
YouTube video by Beyond Shakespeare
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May 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🐌Happy #NationalSnailDay everyone! Two snail based events coming up next month - a chat about snail fighter extraordinary Thersites free to catch online, and a staging of the play Thersites at an in person show. Details below - but till then, here's one we prepared earlier!
youtu.be/vqAgXc1_6jM?...
youtu.be/vqAgXc1_6jM?...
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Tom Otterness (American, b. 1952)
#Snail, 2004
bronze with gold patina
10 ½ x 5 5/8 x 17 in
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Snai...
#Snail, 2004
bronze with gold patina
10 ½ x 5 5/8 x 17 in
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Snai...
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
A #snail for a slow Sunday, and a contribution to #InverteFest:
“Ceramic bottle molded and painted in form of a land snail, Moche style, Peru.”
[Moche culture c. 100-800 CE]
On display at AMNH NYC (41.2/8903)
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt
“Ceramic bottle molded and painted in form of a land snail, Moche style, Peru.”
[Moche culture c. 100-800 CE]
On display at AMNH NYC (41.2/8903)
#IndigenousArt #AndeanArt
May 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
It's #NationalSnailDay🐌, & I'd be remiss not to share a couple photos & my favorite snail-themed poems.
May 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's #NationalSnailDay🐌, & I'd be remiss not to share a couple photos & my favorite snail-themed poems.
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
A #snail for a slow Sunday:
Édouard Manet (French, 1832-83)
Letter Decorated with a Snail on a Leaf, 1880
Watercolor over gray wash (design); pen & ink (text), on machine-made laid paper
15.8 × 11.7 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Getty Museum 2019.7 www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
Édouard Manet (French, 1832-83)
Letter Decorated with a Snail on a Leaf, 1880
Watercolor over gray wash (design); pen & ink (text), on machine-made laid paper
15.8 × 11.7 cm (6 1/4 × 4 5/8 in.)
Getty Museum 2019.7 www.getty.edu/art/collecti...
May 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
#NationalSnailDay 🐌:
Fabergé Workshop, Russia
#Snail c.1907
1.9x2.0x0.9cm
parti-colored cream & brown agate, “unusual because it has been carved in the manner of a cameo, w/ the different stone strata used to define the snail’s tentacle tips & distinguish shell from body."
www.rct.uk/collection/s...
Fabergé Workshop, Russia
#Snail c.1907
1.9x2.0x0.9cm
parti-colored cream & brown agate, “unusual because it has been carved in the manner of a cameo, w/ the different stone strata used to define the snail’s tentacle tips & distinguish shell from body."
www.rct.uk/collection/s...
May 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
#NationalSnailDay 🐌:
Fabergé Workshop, Russia
#Snail c.1907
1.9x2.0x0.9cm
parti-colored cream & brown agate, “unusual because it has been carved in the manner of a cameo, w/ the different stone strata used to define the snail’s tentacle tips & distinguish shell from body."
www.rct.uk/collection/s...
Fabergé Workshop, Russia
#Snail c.1907
1.9x2.0x0.9cm
parti-colored cream & brown agate, “unusual because it has been carved in the manner of a cameo, w/ the different stone strata used to define the snail’s tentacle tips & distinguish shell from body."
www.rct.uk/collection/s...
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
#Snails for a slow Sunday:
Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (Dutch, 1898–1994)
The Snails, n.d. (donated by artist in 1983)
Color linocut on Japanese paper, H 612 x W 830 mm
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1983-351: id.rijksmuseum.nl/200397859
#WomenArtists
Jeanne Bieruma Oosting (Dutch, 1898–1994)
The Snails, n.d. (donated by artist in 1983)
Color linocut on Japanese paper, H 612 x W 830 mm
Rijksmuseum RP-P-1983-351: id.rijksmuseum.nl/200397859
#WomenArtists
May 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
On #Nationalsnailday, we need more snailzz.🐌🐌This is for me one of the nice things on @bsky.app: I regularly discover a lot of beautiful nature art, often from artists of which I had never heard before like here.
bsky.app/profile/arth...
bsky.app/profile/arth...
For a belated #InternationalLandSnailDay:
Pair of boxes with covers in the form of #snails, c.1750
German, Hanover Münden
Tin-glazed earthenware
3 × 4 1/4 in. (7.6 × 10.8 cm) each
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1974.356.265a, b, .266a, b
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Pair of boxes with covers in the form of #snails, c.1750
German, Hanover Münden
Tin-glazed earthenware
3 × 4 1/4 in. (7.6 × 10.8 cm) each
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1974.356.265a, b, .266a, b
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
May 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
On #Nationalsnailday, we need more snailzz.🐌🐌This is for me one of the nice things on @bsky.app: I regularly discover a lot of beautiful nature art, often from artists of which I had never heard before like here.
bsky.app/profile/arth...
bsky.app/profile/arth...
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
A silly #snail for a slow Sunday:
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)
"There was an old snail with a nest,"
June 26-July 28, 1898
Watercolor, pen & ink, & graphite on card
On display at The Morgan Library’s Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature show
Beatrix Potter (English, 1866-1943)
"There was an old snail with a nest,"
June 26-July 28, 1898
Watercolor, pen & ink, & graphite on card
On display at The Morgan Library’s Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature show
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Happy #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Celebrate with the Snail & Stump series!
-HOW TO PARTY LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO STAYCATION LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL (Coming this October!)
#Books #SpringBooks #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #BookRecs #KidLit #OwlkidsBooks
Celebrate with the Snail & Stump series!
-HOW TO PARTY LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO STAYCATION LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL (Coming this October!)
#Books #SpringBooks #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #BookRecs #KidLit #OwlkidsBooks
May 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Happy #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Celebrate with the Snail & Stump series!
-HOW TO PARTY LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO STAYCATION LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL (Coming this October!)
#Books #SpringBooks #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #BookRecs #KidLit #OwlkidsBooks
Celebrate with the Snail & Stump series!
-HOW TO PARTY LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO STAYCATION LIKE A SNAIL
-HOW TO BE BRAVE LIKE A SNAIL (Coming this October!)
#Books #SpringBooks #PictureBooks #ChildrensBooks #BookRecs #KidLit #OwlkidsBooks
What!!!
It's true!
29 May is #NationalSnailDay
(in the US at least)
#AdoreSnails is beyond excited
🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌
It's true!
29 May is #NationalSnailDay
(in the US at least)
#AdoreSnails is beyond excited
🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌🎊🐌
29 May is #NationalSnailDay, so here are some #15thCentury #snails doing unlikely things among the chansons of the Wolfenbütteler #Chansonnier, c1460
Guelf. 287 Extrav. (Nr. 1-56)
#earlymusic #snail #illuminatedmanuscript #sheetmusic #otd #onthisday
Guelf. 287 Extrav. (Nr. 1-56)
#earlymusic #snail #illuminatedmanuscript #sheetmusic #otd #onthisday
May 29, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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A #snail for a slow Sunday: 🐌
John Paul Miller (American, 1918–2013)
Snail Pin, 1956
Gold & enamel, 6.1 x 2.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 in)
The Cleveland Museum of Art 1956.113.a: www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.113.a
John Paul Miller (American, 1918–2013)
Snail Pin, 1956
Gold & enamel, 6.1 x 2.6 cm (2 3/8 x 1 in)
The Cleveland Museum of Art 1956.113.a: www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.113.a
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
For a belated #InternationalLandSnailDay:
Pair of boxes with covers in the form of #snails, c.1750
German, Hanover Münden
Tin-glazed earthenware
3 × 4 1/4 in. (7.6 × 10.8 cm) each
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1974.356.265a, b, .266a, b
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
Pair of boxes with covers in the form of #snails, c.1750
German, Hanover Münden
Tin-glazed earthenware
3 × 4 1/4 in. (7.6 × 10.8 cm) each
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1974.356.265a, b, .266a, b
www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
May 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
#Snails for a slow Sunday:
Pair of Covered Boxes in the Form of Snails, c. 1750
Strasbourg Factory
ceramic, faience
Cleveland Museum of Art 1983.46: www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.46
Pair of Covered Boxes in the Form of Snails, c. 1750
Strasbourg Factory
ceramic, faience
Cleveland Museum of Art 1983.46: www.clevelandart.org/art/1983.46
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
#Snail for a slow Sunday 🐌:
E. Mervyn Taylor (New Zealand, 1906 - 1964)
Kauri Snail, n.d.
Wood engraving, signed ed. of 25, 10.5 x 12.0 cm
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Kaur...
🆔Kauri Snails = Paryphanta spp., land snails endemic to New Zealand.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parypha...
E. Mervyn Taylor (New Zealand, 1906 - 1964)
Kauri Snail, n.d.
Wood engraving, signed ed. of 25, 10.5 x 12.0 cm
www.mutualart.com/Artwork/Kaur...
🆔Kauri Snails = Paryphanta spp., land snails endemic to New Zealand.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parypha...
May 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Resharing for #NationalSnailDay 🐌
May 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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It's #NationalSnailDay too - obviously! 🐌
This mini silver gilt mount shows a knight emerging from a snail shell, on the back of a goat. It dates to around 1200 to 1350 AD. It was found in Pontefract.
Snails and snail-men pop up throughout the #medieval period. They sometimes symbolise cowardice.
This mini silver gilt mount shows a knight emerging from a snail shell, on the back of a goat. It dates to around 1200 to 1350 AD. It was found in Pontefract.
Snails and snail-men pop up throughout the #medieval period. They sometimes symbolise cowardice.
May 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's #NationalSnailDay too - obviously! 🐌
This mini silver gilt mount shows a knight emerging from a snail shell, on the back of a goat. It dates to around 1200 to 1350 AD. It was found in Pontefract.
Snails and snail-men pop up throughout the #medieval period. They sometimes symbolise cowardice.
This mini silver gilt mount shows a knight emerging from a snail shell, on the back of a goat. It dates to around 1200 to 1350 AD. It was found in Pontefract.
Snails and snail-men pop up throughout the #medieval period. They sometimes symbolise cowardice.
🐊🐌 Did you know that today is both #NationalAlligatorDay AND #NationalSnailDay?
From our own #SpecialCollections, we’re honoring the occasion by featuring this alligator canoe by Catawba potter Caroleen Sanders (1994, Thomas J. Blumer Collection)...
From our own #SpecialCollections, we’re honoring the occasion by featuring this alligator canoe by Catawba potter Caroleen Sanders (1994, Thomas J. Blumer Collection)...
May 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🐊🐌 Did you know that today is both #NationalAlligatorDay AND #NationalSnailDay?
From our own #SpecialCollections, we’re honoring the occasion by featuring this alligator canoe by Catawba potter Caroleen Sanders (1994, Thomas J. Blumer Collection)...
From our own #SpecialCollections, we’re honoring the occasion by featuring this alligator canoe by Catawba potter Caroleen Sanders (1994, Thomas J. Blumer Collection)...
🐌 It's #NationalSnailDay, a day for appreciating snails & their crucial role in ecosystems. To celebrate, here's a Rainbow Snail (Pleurodonte bainbridgii) from Georges Cuvier's "Les Mollusques" (1868). #RainbowsintheLibrary 🌈 🐌 #ILoveBHL 📖 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11652516
May 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🐌 It's #NationalSnailDay, a day for appreciating snails & their crucial role in ecosystems. To celebrate, here's a Rainbow Snail (Pleurodonte bainbridgii) from Georges Cuvier's "Les Mollusques" (1868). #RainbowsintheLibrary 🌈 🐌 #ILoveBHL 📖 www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11652516
If National snail day is not sufficient for your snail curiosity, don't worry we will have many more snails in our mollusk exhibit at PRI's Museum of the Earth, opening next week #NationalSnailDay 🐌🦑
Teaser for the Marine snail diversity case, arranged by feeding ecology. 1 side is all predators
Teaser for the Marine snail diversity case, arranged by feeding ecology. 1 side is all predators
May 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
If National snail day is not sufficient for your snail curiosity, don't worry we will have many more snails in our mollusk exhibit at PRI's Museum of the Earth, opening next week #NationalSnailDay 🐌🦑
Teaser for the Marine snail diversity case, arranged by feeding ecology. 1 side is all predators
Teaser for the Marine snail diversity case, arranged by feeding ecology. 1 side is all predators