What substance is a snail's shell made of?
Snail shells are made of calcium carbonate and keep growing as long as the snail grows. They keep adding more calcium carbonate to the edge of the shell until the snail reaches adult size.
Snails move at an incredible slow speed. An average adult moves at a speed of 1 millimeter per second. Snails produce and leave behind a trail of slime as they move which acts as a lubricant. This allows the snail to easily move across any type of terrain without injuring its body.
Land Snails aren’t able to hear at all but they have eyes and olfactory organs. They use their sense of smell to help them find food.
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24 Comments
Adele Hillier
Snails do however, find sand a problem to 'walk' over. The fine grains get caught up in their slime, which makes traversing it pretty much impossible and that's why it's popular with gardeners who put it around plants they don't want eaten.
cathie
Irma Rivera, I’ve used snail slime face masks and ampules. They work well. The texture is the same as other same others.
Diane Lynn Kinsman
Got it right
Char
Got it
jack patti go
Got it!
Janice Lea Vanlandingham
Boni Forte, you must be French
Janice Lea Vanlandingham
Josephine Deblasis, garden (or land) snails Are generally not eaten because of their low nutrient count and possibility of insecticide. Whereas fresh water snails are much better. This was shared with me by a Parisian
Dennis Lane
Irma Rivera, I'm not being rude, but I'm curious. Really? One can purchase a container of snail slime?
John W Shreve
Duncan McConnachie, You've never seen them when they're motivated.
Boni Forte
Got it..the best face cream is called Mizon and made from snail slime...it tightens the skin and adds youth to you.
Marcella Kosse
Guessed correctly.
mikewkirby
What did the snail say when it rode on the turtles back? WHEE! Please don't hurt the snails.
Alan Waites
In actual fact, the shell's top layer is Conchiolin, then the lower 3 layers are made of Crystalline Calcium Carbonate.
Carmel Herbert
Beer makes a good trap for snails, in an open container, slightly embedded in the soil!
Leapy Lee
Good question, but the other answer choices were so clearly incorrect they made it very easy.
Humberto Carrasco
GOT IT CORRECT