The snail has its shell for protection.
A limpet has a shell that is much stronger that a snail's and they are small and not really a good food source
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Most likely the leaves are being eaten at night by that relative of the snail: a slug.
A snails shell protect it from preditors
Yes. Snail is permissible in all sects and schools of Islam.
Well it is a dish best known in France. But in the wild the snail is eaten by many differnt birds. Birds smash the shells of roofs or concrete floors to open it up. Then eat the insides. Of course the snail can't do much about it.
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There are a few different breeds that are eaten. The name of the prepared snail is "escargot". The 't' at the end is silent.
Some adaptations of mollusks include an operculum that most univalves have for protection, the radula of the moon snail that is used to drill through other shells to get their food, and the jet propulsion movement and ink sac of cephalopods to escape predators.
They are eaten by many types of Birds, however as I am British I don't know, for sure, what they are eaten by in other countries. For example america or france.
it eats algae and is eaten by blue herons
it eats algae and is eaten by blue herons