About This Snail It's Astonishing, Got Legs and 14 thousand Teeth

in #animal6 years ago (edited)

The owner of the garden is always encouraged to find the best way to stop the snails coming and chewing their plants. Recent research has found that if you move them about 20 meters from your garden, they will not return.

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Maybe a snail is seen just moving on one leg. But it turns out there is one major long muscle in the forefront that they use to grasp and pull their bodies above the ground.

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The mucus that the slugs leave on the ground will smooth out their walking place and let them slide with minimal friction. With this body function too, snails are often seen walking together and forming a path to speed up each other's snails through the mucus they leave behind.

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That creature is absolutely amazing. Great work!

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