They mate with another snail, and then both lay eggs. Most land snails have two set of tentacles, the upper one carry the eyes, while the lower one has the olfactory organs. However, they do not have ears or ear canal. Snails are nocturnal Snails are nocturnal animals, which means most of their activities take place at night. If you keep them in an aquarium, make sure that there is not too much sunlight in the room, or the snails will stop eating and hide inside their shell.
Snail Care. Snails will die if you put salt on them. Very Hungry. The Giant African Land Snail is known to eat more than different types of plants. Small, not weak. Snails are strong and can lift up to 10 times their body weight in a vertical position. Large family. There are at least , species of mollusks out there including snails, although only 50, are classified.
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Snails are most active during the night and early morning when it is damp. They are also active on cloudy or foggy days. In southern California, particularly along the coast, young snails are active throughout the year. Irrigated, commercial, landscapes allow them to be active the year around. Like most living creatures, both land and water snail species need to drink water to survive. Land snails drink from small puddles formed on leaves or on the ground, but they also get their water from the juicy leaves they eat.
Though they can occasionally survive very bad damage to the shell. Of course, there are slugs, that either have no shell , or a small, flat internal shell.
We know that they evolved from snails , but it took a long time, and meant rearranging the internal organs. Question: Where do snails go when it's not raining? Answer: Many Ask Fuzzy but gardeners could answer this as they will have found garden snails in a cool but dry spot inside empty plant pots, under window-sills, or in piles of firewood.
Breeding snails. This takes a lot of work. The snails are killed by being plunged into boiling water. No, though most snails lay eggs rather than having live births. They do not die immediately after laying , but do not live very long as adults. Many larger species survive for several years as adults and lay many clutches. A few species are viviparous, but basically it is just that the eggs hatch inside the mother.
The name of a snail baby is baby snail. Also, snails require calcium for shell development. You can supplement calcium by sprinkling powered oyster shell or egg shell, ground limestone is also a rich source of calcium for snails.
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