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The
largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed
2 pounds! |
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Snails'
bodies produce a thick slime. Because of this slime,
they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt. |
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Some
snails have been known to live up to 15 years. |
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Snails
are hermaphrodites which means that they have both male and
female reproductive organs. |
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Snails
usually travel in irregular paths, often traveling in a
circle. |
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Snails
reply mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding
food because they have very poor eyesight. |
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Snails
cannot hear. |
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Snails
can retract one or both of their tentacles at a time. |
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Because
of the suction created by their slime, a snail can crawl
upside down. |
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Snails
are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at
night. |
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Garden
Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they
will also eat decaying plants and soil. |
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The
fastest snails are the speckled garden snails which can move
up to 55 yards per hour compared 23 inches per hour of most
other land snails. |
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Garden
snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored
fat. |
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Garden
snails breathe with lungs. |
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Garden
snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago. |
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The
garden snail is cooked and eaten as a delicacy called
escargot |
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May
24th is National Escargot Day |
