What is the difference between the body movement of snails and snakes?

Answer 1

Both are members of the mollusk group and are similar except slugs lack the external shell. They move by gliding along on a mucous-secreting muscle. The dried mucous becomes a silvery slime trail that tells you they have been dining in your garden. The common brown garden snail (Helix aspera) was brought to California as a culinary source from France in the 1850s. Moisture is critical to their survival and is why they are active only at night or during cloudy days. On sunny days they are hiding in moist, shady places. During hot, dry weather they seal themselves off with a membrane while attached to tree trunks, fences or walls. During cold weather, they hibernate in the topsoil. They are among the first pests to begin feeding in spring and the last to stop eating your plants in fall.

The adult snail and slug each lay a mass of about 80-100 eggs and they may do this up to 6 times a year. The eggs resemble small pearls (about 1/8 inch); they can be seen about 1 inch below the soil level or under rocks, boards or plant debris and they hatch when they come in contact with moisture. It takes about 2 years for snails to mature but slugs mature in 1 year. The garden snail may live as long as 12 years but slugs only live about 2 years. Given all this, it is easy to see why there are huge numbers of these pests in the garden. Eliminating as many as possible requires persistence.

Snails and slugs damage plants by chewing irregular holes with smooth edges in leaves. They also chew young plant bark, seedlings and fruits that are close to the ground such as strawberries and tomatoes. Citrus trees are especially susceptible.

Answer 2

Most snails have shells, whereas most slugs do not. Also, many species of snails are fully aquatic, but slugs are not aquatic. Though some people call nudibranchs 'sea slugs' it is not the proper term. So, a slug is a terrestrial gastropod mollusc without a shell, whereas a snail is a shelled gastropod molliusc that can be either aquatic or terrestrial.

Answer 3

Snakes have scales on them while snails have a hard shell on their back. Snakes are carnivores while snails are herbivores. Snakes may be poisonous but snails are not. Snakes have a big appetite while snails do not. Snakes are enemies with mongeese but snails are not. Snakes slither swiftly while snails crawl slowly.

Answer 4

One has a shell. There are no other distinguishable differences between them other than that

Answer 5

While both are gastropods, snails have a shell while slugs do not have a shell.

Answer 6

snakes and snails have little in common. They are legless, cold blooded animals that move around, at least in part, using the muscles in their bellies.