Their slime can sometimes effect you if you do touch them so, be careful even though it may seem interesting to you.
While snails themselves do not directly cause diseases, they can carry parasites like lungworms that can be transmitted to humans. It is important to handle snails with care and wash your hands thoroughly after touching them to minimize the risk of infection.
The black legged tick (or deer tick) carry Lyme's.
Yes, because a snail has more than one cell.
No. Some brown deer ticks do carry the spirochete that causes Lyme disease. Lyme disease is a multi-system bacterial infection caused by the spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi. The spirochete is transmitted from one animal to another through the bite of the infective tick.
Garden snails, the most common type, are herbivores. Some snails, like the wolf snails, will eat other snails, so they are carnivores.
Snails do carry diseases! African land snails can harbor and pass on Meningitis and Schistosomiasis--a parasitic disease. They also are loaded with bacteria like salmonella and e-coli.
marine species of snails are poisonous but most terrestrial species are not. although it is not good to eat them raw because they carry the fluke worm that if ingested can take over your body, taking your nutrients and possibly could kill you
why do snails live in damp places?=How do snails carry there shell on there back?=
Conus snails are venomous and capable of stinging humans. The species that is most dangerous to humans are the larger ones.
A shell.
no because some snails carry around sickness
No, cats should not eat snails as they can carry parasites that may be harmful to the cat.
i don't think snails do! Snails poop from inside their shell. They have a small hole in their shell that allows them to carry waste out.
Most likely, yes.
Actually yes, land snails are an significant carrier of parasites. Especially bird parasites.
Some snails can carry bacteria and parasites that can cause many zoonotic infections in humans.
only if the toad had the disease then yes but all animals and bugs can carry diseases depending on the circumstances