Speak to any gardener, and they are likely to name slugs and snails as some of their biggest pests. In the farming world too, these hungry molluscs are generally despised for their tendency to ravenously attack certain crops. Yet snails…
Snails do have eyes. In landsnails these are located on their tentacles, while in sea snails they can either be on tentacles or on the body of the snail. Do snails have eyes? Look closely at a snail and you…
Snails live in a wide variety of habitats, and therefore have to have different methods for breathing. Some use a primitive lung to pull in air, while others have gills. Some even absorb air directly through a part of their…
Snails do have a mouth and teeth, allowing them to bite and chew their food. However, their jaws are too weak to bite humans. Do snails bite? Looking at a snail from the outside it may not appear that they…
Snails have lots of good reasons to emerge during and after the rain, including to avoid drowning, to feed and to travel. The conditions after rain can be particularly suitable to these molluscs, making it unsurprising that you often see…
Snails have a very similar digestive system to humans, with food entering their bodies through their mouths, traveling down to the stomach and eventually being expelled through the anus. How do snails poop? It may not seem like snails poop…
