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Ahhh-hem. This turned into a nice biology lesson for me. Did you know snails were hermaphrodites? And these Giant African Snails are apparently very prolific breeders. They are actually very large - can get up to 6" long! I've seen some big ones here. As big as my fist. Well - maybe not quite that big, but close. The white thing is a dart that one snail shoots into the other carrying the genetic "material". The dart goes into the head end. Very strange mating habit. The little boys gathered up about a dozen snails and lined them all up to make a "family". They were so cute :)