Hello friends photography lovers, in response to the travelcontest which this time is about "small" I would like to participate with some black and white photographs of small snails.

Hola amigos amantes de la fotografía, atendiendo al concurso de travelcontest que en esta ocasión aborda la temática “pequeño” quiero hacer mi participación con unas fotografías en blanco y negro de unos pequeños caracoles.

These snails are very common in this tropical zone, they are known as giant African snails, whose scientific name is Achatina fulica, and are catalogued as an invasive species, which causes problems to the ecosystem and crops because it reproduces and expands extremely fast.

Estos caracoles son muy comunes de esta zona tropical, se les conoce como caracoles gigantes africanos, cuyo nombre científico es Achatina fulica, y están catalogados como especie invasora, que trae problemas al ecosistema y a los cultivos pues se reproduce y expande sumamente rápido.

It's been said that this snail is poisonous and should not be touched with bare hands, there is a variety of snail that is not dangerous, but it is better to have to discover it. Investigating a little in Wikipedia, I could see that it seems that it is not poisonous but it is a carrier of parasites and bacteria extremely dangerous for the human being and for the animals, it is assured that the animals that have eaten this snail have died, for that reason at the moment of photographing them I made sure that there was no contact whatsoever.

Se dice que este caracol es venenoso y no conviene tocarlo con las manos descubiertas, hay una variedad de caracol que no es peligrosa, pero es mejor tener que descubrirlo. Investigando un poco en Wikipedia, pude ver que parece ser que no es venenoso sino que es portador de unos parásitos y bacterias sumamente peligrosas para el ser humano y para los animales, se asegura que los animales que han comido este caracol han muerto, por ello al momento de fotografiarlos me aseguré de que no hubiese contacto alguno.

I could really notice how they are a plague, because they are everywhere in the yard of my grandparents' house, sometimes you even end up stepping on some that are hidden under the weeds. It is possible to observe many of which only the shell remains, I do not know if it is because they are gone, have died or have changed shells. I could also find some with broken shells, I wonder what could have broken them, this is a little strange to me, since no one has done anything against them.

De verdad pude notar como son una plaga, pues estan por todos lados en el patio de la casa de mis abuelos, a veces hasta uno termina pisando algunos que están ocultos bajo la maleza. Es posible observar muchos de los cuales solo queda el caparazón, no sé si es porque se han ido, han muerto o han cambiado de caparazón. También pude encontrar algunos con el caparazón roto, me pregunto qué pudo haberlo partido, esto me extraña un poco, pues nadie ha hecho nada contra ellos.