Celebrated photographer Christopher Ameruoso has spent a career photographing creatures large and small - in addition to snapping portraits of Hollywood celebrities. Here he trained his microscopic lens on a common garden snail who visited his patio and was content to make a meal out of a discarded Cheerio. Who knew snails like breakfast cereal?

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