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What is the hole on the side of a slug?
Its known to be how they breath, they do not breath through their mouths, they breath through the holes on their sides.
How does a snail breath?
Snails "breathe" through their skin and through an opening called the pneumostome visible on the right side of their bodies.
Do snails have lungs?
Yes, they have a very basic form of "lung"; this is no more than a moist cavity within the mantel into which air is drawn through the pneumostome (opening in its side). The oxygen is then absorb through a mucous membrane into the body.
What are the features of a snail?
Snails are characterized by their spiral-shaped shells, muscular foot for movement, tentacles with eyes for sensing their environment, and a radula for feeding. They also have a mantle that secretes their shell and a pneumostome for breathing.
How snails take in air water and food?
Snails and slugs are decomposers. That means that they eat greens, decaying leaves, and microorganisms. They only need a tiny bit of moisture to survive. Snails breathe through their skin. Also through an opening called the pneumostome, on the right side of their bodies.
What is the sub phylum of snails?
The subphylum of snails is called the Pulmonata. This subphylum includes land snails and slugs that breathe air using a lung-like structure rather than gills like aquatic snails. Pulmonates are characterized by having a breathing pore, known as a pneumostome, on the side of their bodies.
How do slugs breath?
Slugs breathe through a small hole located on their side called a pneumostome. This opening leads to network of small tubes that distribute oxygen to the slug's body. They rely on diffusion to exchange gases with the environment through their skin.
How do snails breath?
Snails "breathe" through their skin and through an opening called the pneumostome visible on the right side of their bodies. Click the two links below that will help you out.
Do worms sweat?
Yes, amphibians do breath through their skin, because their lungs are too small and undeveloped, so they cannot provide the amphibians with all the oxygen needed.
How does a pond snail obtain oxygen?
pulmonates or land snail have a space in the body known as the mantle cavity this area has many blood vessels is well supplied with blood vessels and acts as the animal's lung. land snails have a lung that works almost exactly the same way that our lungs do. The lung can be opened to the outside via a hole called a pneumostome on the right side of the snails body. Opening it to inhale or exhale and closing it to keep from drying out. Oxygen enters into the snails body from the air within the mantle cavity. Carbon dioxide diffuses from the blood into the mantle cavity, to be released when it exhales. Water snails have gills through which they can breathe. I think they get it from there things on top of there head!!!!
Can slugs drown?
Yes, slugs can drown if they are submerged in water for an extended period of time. Slugs breathe through a small hole called a pneumostome located on their side, which allows them to exchange gases with the air. If this opening becomes blocked by water or if the slug is unable to reach the surface to breathe, it can suffocate and drown.
Can a snail live without oxygen?
Slug and other gastropods have what's called an open respiratory system. Humans, for comparison, have a closed respiratory system. Essentially, slugs "breathe" through the pours of their skin. Oxygen enters and carbon dioxide exits.
