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Well its an interesting question, one asked quite often and I have the answer buddy :) as a snails shells is removed from the rectal body tissue, the snail goes into an shock, and actually reproduces an excess embryonic state or in other words it can be eaten/shrivel up and die.
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Why does a hermit crab live in a snail shell?
A: Like turtles, snails are attached to their shells. They cannot leave their shells and live. If the body is out of the shell totally, the snail is dead. A few people have sworn their snail was alive, out of the shell, driving around. It must have been the current in the tank making their body appear to move. Snails cannot live out of their shells.
What helps chicks get out of shells?
At the tip of a chicks beak is a small sharp bump called the egg tooth. The chick uses this "tooth" to put pressure in the shell from the inside making a small hole for air and then a series of cracks. This process can take 24 hours or more. The chick comes out of the shell with this egg tooth intact but it soon is absorbed as the beak grows and the chick get older.
What do turtles have on their backs?
a shell
How long can a chick live in its shell after breaking through the air sac I have lost one chick in the shell already?
It can take up to 24 hours for the chick to complete its escape. It is best not to help the chick break out of the shell as you can damage the chick trying to help. There is a supply of blood in the shell membrane that will weaken the chick if broken early. Increase the humidity in the incubator, lack of moisture is the main reason for die off in the shell during peeping. try for 75% humidity.
What would happen if you never replaced a horse's horseshoe?
They will throw it off sooner or later
What will happen to your water snail if its shell fell off?
It would find a new shell to live in
If you take a shell off of a snail then are they a slug?
Technically, yes.
What is slimotosis?
When the shell of a snail develops a nasty slime and gives off a horrible odor.
What type of snail is this It is brown and it's shell is spiral. It is an aqaurium snail of some sort bought at Walmart.?
Sounds like a Malaysian Trumpet Snail, off the top of my head.
What to do if turtle shell starts shedding badly?
its shell comes off and it grows a new one
What happen to the raw of egg after putting inside the jar with vinegar?
the shell comes off the egg, and you just have the thin layer of yolky like stuff that holds the egg inside
What will happen to a quail egg if its soaked in vinegar?
The shell of the quail egg will come off
Why does a hermit crab live in a snail shell?
A: Like turtles, snails are attached to their shells. They cannot leave their shells and live. If the body is out of the shell totally, the snail is dead. A few people have sworn their snail was alive, out of the shell, driving around. It must have been the current in the tank making their body appear to move. Snails cannot live out of their shells.
How do you tell when a snail is healthy?
the snails shell will will be hard and not flaking off usually snails lay eggs and mate when they like the temperature and they are happy and healthy. hope this helps :]
How does a snail protect itself from its enemies?
o protect itself against such small enemies, the snail produces large amounts of watery slime ... which the snailcan use to find food or mating partners. ...But aside from that it is hard to see, how exactly the snail does it. ...
Does a snail die if it's shell gets cut off?
Well see i just found a snail today somewhat shut in my window. i wasn't sure if he/she would make it but i still put it in a secure area, ( like a plastic container of some sort and somewhat big) and put rocks to eat for it's shell nd leaves for food too. so it really depends. if it's hole shail came off, either kill it fr fast non painful death or keep it very very protected until it can grow it back.
What would happen to a woodlouse if you took off its shell?
It would probably die because it is attached to its body!
