#limax

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🐌 SNAIL (Limax) "The snail’s secret is that even the greatest treasures in the world can be reached… if you give yourself enough time."

Snail A symbol of paradox—both burdened and blessed.

It carries the weight of the world: Cowardice, the clinging to what is fleeting,Desire that clouds the soul, False paths dressed in truth, And the slow-burning ache of unspoken suffering.

Yet within it, too, lies patience. A sacred stillness. The strength to withdraw, The wisdom of restraint, The art of moving slowly—deliberately—through life.

Those whose journeys are inward. Not all motion is movement. Not all slowness is weakness.

Leopard Snail (Limax maximus), family Limacidae, climbing a Common Stinkhorn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ash slug (Limax cinereoniger) is the largest slug in Europe and, according to the Guinness book of records, the longest terrestrial slug in the world. Despite its formidable size of up to 30cm (!) this slug is not a pest. It lives only in ancient forests, far away from human settlements and feeds on lichen, moss and fungi. The colors of ash slug vary from this light grey to black, but it always has light colored keel on its back.

The internet has nicknamed this slug “glubby” because if you pick it up it curls up in its defensive pose and produces sticky mucus which makes it look very… well, glubby: