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