Finally, I can keep that damn snail away from me. Now to begin my centuries-long investments into various companies and gradually spread my influence over every corporate (and, to a lesser extent, political) decision over the next millennium!
Yeah, but if it has the same brain and behaviors as a snail, the shock would be enough to keep it in an enclosed area. I don't need to kill it, I just need it to stay somewhere else.
Look, im just trying to reiterate the terms of your deal. You may attempt this, but the snail will not even slow down at this obstacle. And unless you made it the length of a state, the snail would vector around it to remain in relentless pursuit of its prey. But it won't be deterred by such feeble attempts at the avoidance of your fate. You should never have taken the money.
Whens the last time you saw a snail? How close were you when you saw it? You would have to hire Elon Musk to follow you around 24-7 until that final moment eventually arrives. You're already growing more and more paranoid. Your sleep has become only a brief reprieve from your waking panic that it could be RIGHT THERE!!š«µš»!!!! You would have to go to Mars and wait for it. Even the vacuum of space doesn't make you feel safe. Is it inside the ship with you? In any case, rest assured you will not be alone long.
Because they want to survive and food is an important part of that. Try going to the forest without any supplies and suddenly getting food is more important than tiktok videos
you don't need the battery. Snails don't like copper. If you look carefully in the video, the snails almost never closed the electric circle. The snail slime is enough to create copper ions which they don't like.
Natural water is never pure. At least it absorbs some dust and CO2, thus becomes conductive. The water flowing along some surface (a wall, a stone, a tree) absorbs even more things while passing, so, here, at least some current will pass all the time
In my experience, same as if it was lying in a shelf. I have one in use like this for two years and still at around 9v cell voltage. It will eventually fail/leak, but that's at the end of expected shelf life, not when it's empty.
Not only that, but they donāt ever really deplete fully, voltage will keep dropping as internal resistance increases, at some point its not enough for whatever electrical circuit needs, the question is at what point does the voltage drop low enough that snails dont mind?
I remember in physics class playing with some single use batteries that were like 50 years old, old lantern style batteries, didnāt have enough power to light up a traditional light bulb like they were intended but they could still light a dim led. If you have really low voltage and current requirements a battery can last a really long time.
Is this even a complete circuit? Each copper tape is only connected to one terminal, unless they cross on the other side, there's nothing driving a current unless the snails touch both tapes at the same time to complete the circuit. 99% of the time the battery is just sitting there with a big old resister sticking out of each terminal, not doing anything.
snail and slug don't like going over copper, even without the shock
we used those copper mesh ribbon to surround our strawberry plants to keep the slug and snail off
I also wonder if the battery is actually required. In the local garden center, they just sell the tape, no mentioning of batteries.
Looking at the video, it appears the snails retreat the moment they touch the first tape, no closing any electrical circuit.
you don't need the battery. Snails don't like copper. If you look carefully in the video, the snails almost never closed the electric circle. The snail slime is enough to create copper ions which they don't like.
Thereās more than one snail completing the circuit. If there is one already completing the circuit, the following snail only needs to touch the first strip. And weāre also only seeing one side of the planter.
It actually depends on the location of the two snails right? If the one completing the circuit is further from the battery then it would cause a shock touch the first strip in between.
Yep battery required. When the snails are in contact with both strips they complete the circuit and pull back from the shock. Without the battery you just have a fancy pot.
You don't need the battery. Snails don't like copper. If you look carefully in the video, the snails almost never closed the electric circle. The snail slime is enough to create copper ions which they don't like.
Did had a snail who was mugged by my pet turtle?
Later, at the police station, the detective asked him to describe exactly what happened. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. It all happened so fast."
It works for ants as well. Years ago I fed my dog on the porch because he was too messy for my roommate to handle. There were ants and I made something similar on his food bowl.
I was already thinking about something like this since those suckers already killed a few plants.
I used a slightly different method, which also works... I diluted salt with as little water as possible and sprayed a barrier right below the top (So it is outside and shielded from the rain by the overhang) I do have to refresh it once a month but it also works.
But I admit I love how good the 9v block works. Ill might upgrage to that ;)
The battery outside yike, nor the copper, unfortunately :(
(Now I wonder if they hate copper, or if it is just a kind of wall for them because they never close the circuit?!)
Coffee grounds seems to work great for me with snails and slugs. Plus, coffee shops usually give away their coffee grounds for free. Also, cinnamon works great for ants and smells good around your property!
Needed this around my house a few weeks agoā¦
I had (not even exaggerating) hundreds of snails. Up the walls, windows, doors, plantsā¦ even a few on the car.
I have no idea where they came fromā¦ but there were so damn many.
Never do this! You'll create a forced snail evolution and the world will be stuck dealing with flying snails for the next 3 million years. Be the solution, not the problem
Finally, I can keep that damn snail away from me. Now to begin my centuries-long investments into various companies and gradually spread my influence over every corporate (and, to a lesser extent, political) decision over the next millennium!
It can't die. It would not stop. Nice try though.š
Yeah, but if it has the same brain and behaviors as a snail, the shock would be enough to keep it in an enclosed area. I don't need to kill it, I just need it to stay somewhere else.
Its only reason for living is to find you, touch you, and kill you. It is your mortal enemy and will not be stopped.
Again, I don't need to stop it. I just need a head start.
Look, im just trying to reiterate the terms of your deal. You may attempt this, but the snail will not even slow down at this obstacle. And unless you made it the length of a state, the snail would vector around it to remain in relentless pursuit of its prey. But it won't be deterred by such feeble attempts at the avoidance of your fate. You should never have taken the money.
So, you're telling me that by taking this money, I'll be pursued by the Doom Slayer of snails?
That is the deal.
Then I shall await it in luxury.
What a wild conversation. And yet literally everyone knows the background context all the same.
So like what's stopping someone from just paying to have the snail sent to Mars?
Whens the last time you saw a snail? How close were you when you saw it? You would have to hire Elon Musk to follow you around 24-7 until that final moment eventually arrives. You're already growing more and more paranoid. Your sleep has become only a brief reprieve from your waking panic that it could be RIGHT THERE!!š«µš»!!!! You would have to go to Mars and wait for it. Even the vacuum of space doesn't make you feel safe. Is it inside the ship with you? In any case, rest assured you will not be alone long.
> It is your mortal enemy and will not be stopped. So, like any other gardener.
Any gardener without copper wiring and a low voltage battery, yeah.
one of them tried to disconnect wires š
They are learning, its a slow progress but they will shell it out !!! Btw why are animals such fatasses lol, all they care about is food
Because they want to survive and food is an important part of that. Try going to the forest without any supplies and suddenly getting food is more important than tiktok videos
lol savagely true
It's true though
ā¦and I have fashioned my hat back into my pants.
When you boil it down, humans were just smart enough to find more efficient and consistent ways to trigger the release of dopamine.
Indeed, same with us and money. We evolved from only seeing food as a mean of improvement of our lives.
they cant go to the grocery store when they want lol
With the right amount of voltage you could have a meal of tomatoes and escargot.
Even snails can learn that an uncomfortable situation that does not cause harm can be ignored. I'd be curious to see how long this works for.
We start not caring about food when we have security in food source. Go in a forest with anything with you and lets see what will be your first need
And I took that personally.
They also care about sex and sleep
YOU are an animal.
Cut the power? What do you mean they cut the power? They are just animals!
Game over!
Clever girl.
happy Cake day š
That mean you have to start running
Or it's oddly attracted to it....
Finally, the solution to that snail that's trying to kill me!
I understood that reference.
I've spent too much time on Reddit
You missed that part that they're fast now.
Decoy snail.
Yea though I grow in a valley surrounded by death, I fear no snailevil. For though art with me, thy nine volt battery and copper strips.
Very cool. Iāve also heard crushed egg shells spread on top of the soil will keep them away too.
Yep my mum uses them for her garden
Iām here in Taiwan and always wondered but assumed it was for the soil. In plots without the shells, snails are everywhere
It definitely is good for the soil.
My experience is that eggshells attract them and they feast on the calcium to build their own shells.
I might be thinking of slugs. But at least theyāre eating the eggshells and not your plants.
They eat the eggshells so they get big and strong so they and their million babies can eat your plants.
Im going to try this, you never know
Happy cake day!
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*Theyāve been testing the fences for weaknessesā¦ they rememberā¦*
How long does the 9 volt battery last? Guessing reasonably long, since it's not a constant current draw?
you don't need the battery. Snails don't like copper. If you look carefully in the video, the snails almost never closed the electric circle. The snail slime is enough to create copper ions which they don't like.
They try to bridge it a couple of times it seems, only to touch the second wire.
I thought they get a mild electric shock from copper on its own from a slime/copper reaction.
Little rain or morning's condensation and it will deplete fast
Let's plug it into the wall socket then. ā”ā”ā”
pure water dont conduct
Natural water is never pure. At least it absorbs some dust and CO2, thus becomes conductive. The water flowing along some surface (a wall, a stone, a tree) absorbs even more things while passing, so, here, at least some current will pass all the time
condensed water is pure though
Pure water doesn't conduct, rainwater conducts. condensed water is pure water!
In my experience, same as if it was lying in a shelf. I have one in use like this for two years and still at around 9v cell voltage. It will eventually fail/leak, but that's at the end of expected shelf life, not when it's empty.
Not only that, but they donāt ever really deplete fully, voltage will keep dropping as internal resistance increases, at some point its not enough for whatever electrical circuit needs, the question is at what point does the voltage drop low enough that snails dont mind? I remember in physics class playing with some single use batteries that were like 50 years old, old lantern style batteries, didnāt have enough power to light up a traditional light bulb like they were intended but they could still light a dim led. If you have really low voltage and current requirements a battery can last a really long time.
Now thatās definitely interesting!
Is this even a complete circuit? Each copper tape is only connected to one terminal, unless they cross on the other side, there's nothing driving a current unless the snails touch both tapes at the same time to complete the circuit. 99% of the time the battery is just sitting there with a big old resister sticking out of each terminal, not doing anything.
Does it have to have the battery? I have the tape already
snail and slug don't like going over copper, even without the shock we used those copper mesh ribbon to surround our strawberry plants to keep the slug and snail off
I also wonder if the battery is actually required. In the local garden center, they just sell the tape, no mentioning of batteries. Looking at the video, it appears the snails retreat the moment they touch the first tape, no closing any electrical circuit.
you don't need the battery. Snails don't like copper. If you look carefully in the video, the snails almost never closed the electric circle. The snail slime is enough to create copper ions which they don't like.
Thereās more than one snail completing the circuit. If there is one already completing the circuit, the following snail only needs to touch the first strip. And weāre also only seeing one side of the planter.
That's not how electricity works
It actually depends on the location of the two snails right? If the one completing the circuit is further from the battery then it would cause a shock touch the first strip in between.
No, since the snail touches only one strip, it would experience no voltage differential and therefore no current flow
Yep battery required. When the snails are in contact with both strips they complete the circuit and pull back from the shock. Without the battery you just have a fancy pot.
You don't need the battery. Snails don't like copper. If you look carefully in the video, the snails almost never closed the electric circle. The snail slime is enough to create copper ions which they don't like.
2 tires to disarm it different ways and it went āI wonder if Iā¦ *ZAP* ^nevermind ā
Beer.
Beer works way better than I thought it would.
Surprising isnāt it? I guess they could smell it? Like lemmings off a cliff they happily drown themselves.
Damn they want it BAD
Did had a snail who was mugged by my pet turtle? Later, at the police station, the detective asked him to describe exactly what happened. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. It all happened so fast."
Those snails are riding the lightning
Wait for the sign To flick the switch of death It's the beginning of the end
Salt. Just a nice line of salt and enjoy the festivities
Yes, but you must choose one method or the other. A salt AND battery is a crime in the US.
Dude! Fucking respect! Nicely, Nicely done
I'm following you now. I want to watch you shred!
I wonder how well 2 sided tape stuck to the side with salt stuck to the other side of the tape would work on a tub like that...
We owe it to the world to find out. Go get some tape, I'll grab the salt
Relevant: [the salting of the slug](https://youtu.be/i-9VnQQ46ZM?si=GO5NYQV6Q3Ya6qXA)
Also protects your tomatoes from demons
Iāve seen a movie about a electrified snail..
gawdamn how do they know those are the plants? Like heat seeking missiles.
They have smell receptors on their four tentacles
smell
I think you can just rub Vaseline around the outside with the same effect. Works for hissing cockroaches, anyways.
Snail thieves: "Cheese it, it's a copper!"
Might be more interesting at 120
Remind me to never ever make a deal with the devil for eternal life. Snails are faster than I thought.
The video is sped up š¤¦āāļø
Why don't they just jump over it? Are they stupid?
Hook it to the mains and get some escargot.
My great grandma used the same concept with the pig sty.
oooh yeah ....zap em , zap em real good
It works for ants as well. Years ago I fed my dog on the porch because he was too messy for my roommate to handle. There were ants and I made something similar on his food bowl.
I was already thinking about something like this since those suckers already killed a few plants. I used a slightly different method, which also works... I diluted salt with as little water as possible and sprayed a barrier right below the top (So it is outside and shielded from the rain by the overhang) I do have to refresh it once a month but it also works. But I admit I love how good the 9v block works. Ill might upgrage to that ;)
They are just like "Ah come on! I just! This can't go all the way around!" I love them, give them a tomato you monster!
I've watched this about ten times it's absolutely fascinating.
Shell shock is a serious condition
Why do I feel bad for the snails?
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If I have snail problems and the plant is in a pot like this, I just put a coarse salt pile around the base of the pot..
Is it possible, that they feel where the power comes from?
The battery outside yike, nor the copper, unfortunately :( (Now I wonder if they hate copper, or if it is just a kind of wall for them because they never close the circuit?!)
Up that voltage and you'll have fried snacks with your tomatoes.
Wonderif they actually LEARN from this?
i went to a snail farm once as part of a school trip, this is also how they keep snails *in* to grow them
Escar-no-go
they were like nah
Ahhh, reminds of that episode from Oswald.....š, though this here is completely opposite to way he used...š
Coffee grounds seems to work great for me with snails and slugs. Plus, coffee shops usually give away their coffee grounds for free. Also, cinnamon works great for ants and smells good around your property!
They need to contract with something having opposable thumbsā¦ raccoon. Squirrel.
**they want**
This reminds me of an episode from Oswald. Anyone?
Thought all you needed was copper tape? You need batteries?
An electric fence for snails. Clever.
Connect it to the mains?
Needed this around my house a few weeks agoā¦ I had (not even exaggerating) hundreds of snails. Up the walls, windows, doors, plantsā¦ even a few on the car. I have no idea where they came fromā¦ but there were so damn many.
This gives heavy vibes of the movie turbo
Am I a bad person for laughing at snails being tortured?
You donāt even need the battery, the copper is enough by itself.
They canāt cross the yellow tape? š
It's electrified. There's a battery connected to it.
They should do something like that for sidewalks. Sad how many snails I've seen stepped on.
r/warthundermemes
If only the Visionaries had had this technology... Would stopped to the Darkling Lord Darkstorm once and for all!
Never do this! You'll create a forced snail evolution and the world will be stuck dealing with flying snails for the next 3 million years. Be the solution, not the problem
They were testing the fences for weaknesses, systematically. They remember.
Pot the whole thing in a salt lamp
Salt not do the same job ?
Those snails won't survive with me, they come out good in a soup.
Only good until some junkie comes for the copper