A Garden Snail sits on a bramble leaf warming itself in the autumn sunshine. The clear marbled brown and black pattern shows it is not old and worn

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A Garden Snail sits on a bramble leaf warming itself in the autumn sunshine. The clear marbled brown and black pattern shows it is not old (worn) and will soon be hibernating

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Size: 6000px × 4247px
Location: Scarborough, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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