By far Mazatlan's largest monument, La Continuidad de la Vida, or the Continuity of Life, is also a major landmark on the Malecon. It features a naked couple standing atop a giant snail's shell and overlooking a pod of leaping dolphins. The sculpture represents the ideal of continuum of life in harmony with nature. The male figure extends his arm as if to offer his female companion a future in which they will prosper and work to protect all of nature's living things. The snail shell on which the man and woman stand is significant because of its relationship to the snail, a traditional symbol for the eternity of life in the universe. Always impressive, the monument should be seen both during day and at night, it is beautifully lit.