Nigel Cattlin / Eggs of Golden apple snail / Channelled apple snail (Pomacea caniculata) in a Rice (Oryza sativa) paddy, Luzon, Philippines

Stephen Dalton / Edible snails (Helix pomatia) pair prior to mating, UK

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Turkish / Balkan edible snail (Helix lucorum) on car wing mirror with person taking it off, Stenje region, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009, Model released

Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Turkish / Balkan edible snail (Helix lucorum) on plant, Stenje region, Lake Macro Prespa, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009

Konrad Wothe / Edible Snail (Helix pomatia) in motion, Germany

Konrad Wothe / Edible Snail (Helix pomatia) crossing moss on floor of deciduous forest, Germany

Cyril Ruoso / Edible snail / Escargot (Helix pomatia) in woodland. Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France. April.

Denis-Huot / Burgundy snail (Helix pomatia), close-up of an eye, Normandy, France

Loic Poidevin / Roman snail (Helix pomatia) foraging, Lot, France, May.

Konrad Wothe / Timelapse of an Edible snail (Helix pomatia) moving up a fallen tree, Bavaria, Germany, April.

Ingo Arndt / Edible snail {Helix pomatia} Hessen, Germany

Rod Williams / Roman snail (Helix pomatia) Hutchinson's Bank, New Addington, London UK August