Apple snails-The Blue Mystery Snail
Apple snails are quite common in the freshwater. Available in different colors and most commonly blue, these are also called “Blue Mystery Snail”. Due to their easy availability, you will find them in most of the stores and it is absolutely easy to care for them. Apple snails are known for both positive and negative traits.
The advantages of happing apple snails are that these are available in variety of color patters and thus seem incredible. They consume algae and thus help in maintaini...
Apple Snails
Apple snails are very edible and are a delicacy especially for people living near rice and taro production areas. They are very rich in nutrients and especially in protein such has pomacea haustrum which is about 72.9 grams of human body protein. Proteins are usually made of amino acids and snails and human beings have over 20 different types of amino acids in their body.
When harvesting snails, they have to be cleaned thoroughly to get rid of dirt. It is important to cook snails thoroughly t...
Apple Snails Diet
Apple snails are well adapted to eating algae; hence the reason why they crawl up and down surfaces eating algae. They are voracious plant eaters which mean that apart from algae, they can eat various forms of plant vegetation. However, they cannot live on algae alone and are not quite effective in removing it as common snails and garden snails. They also love apples and other types of fruits, vegetables and microscopic sea creatures.
There are various types of apple recipes eaten mostly by r...