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Slugs and Snails
Characterized by their shell and slow movement, snails are a common garden dweller and even a delicacy in some countries. Snails without shells are called slugs.
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Are blue dragon sea slugs cold blooded?
Not innately.
However, they do feed on the Portuguese Man o' War, which are themselves venomous and have a nasty sting. The slug is immune, and it can incorporate the jellyfish's stinging cells into its own body, so you can get a painful or even deadly sting from handling one.
Why is it unlikely that you would find gardens slugs and land snails in a desert?
Actually, I live in the Chihuahuan Desert and there are a few species of land snail that live here. They remain in damp, hidden places or underground and only emerge after heavy or prolonged rains. Snails are also found in a number of other deserts around the world.
That they must not dry out is the reason why it is unlikely that garden and land snails would be found in deserts.
Specifically, garden and land snails exhibit high internal water content. They must access regular moisture sources in order to conserve mucous production and prevent dehydration and desiccation. They therefore need niches within the moist habitats which will not be found in the world's arid, dry lands.
What is the body covering of a snail?
if you mean the shell.... it is made of calcium, it grows with the snail and gains whorls (the spirals) ..............similar to a tree, the more spirals the older the snail.
They do if they get left out somewhere hot, or if they die they will dry up too.
What are a group of slugs called?
Stylommatophor, however this classification level is as yet unassigned (it is not officially a family) but the term pulmonate is used to refer to air-breathing land snails.
via http://animals.about.com/od/mollusks/ig/World-of-Snails/Snail-1.htm
I will let you know in a few months. I got some trapdoor snails for my pond and put 4 in my fish tank with my tiger barb. He has managed to eat their eyes off. It is really heartbreaking. I will let you know if they grow back.
How do snails change their sex?
Sexual reproduction allows the organisms to combine DNA and produce offspring that may have better survival traits than either one of the parents. Even if an organism has both male and female organs, it is better for future offspring to combine these traits and try to produce a superior organism instead of just copying the DNA that is already there.
Do snails live in groups or families?
Wow a good question thanks for that well some snails live in a community and some live alone!!!!! thanks yet agaiin! xXx holly
Do snails live in septic tanks?
Yes, they are very adaptable and are immune to poison. The only way you can get them off is to peel them off.
It depends what species the snail is if it is a garden snail usuly they are about half the size of a pea (they are so cute i love there tiny faces) hope this helps.
Absolutely!
Snails have been found to be incredibly good mimics, better than Minah birds in fact.
The Greater Shelled Blue Throat snail of the upper Himalayas has been confused with a Sperm whale. When they remove their shell to carry out their ablutions they have also been mistaken for the Yeti.
There are several species of water snails that have adapted to living entirely in water. They don't swim, but slither over the underwater stones and plants, rasping at the algae. Land snails and garden slugs will drown if placed underwater. Gardeners sometimes trap garden snails by putting out dishes of beer which attracts the snails - and the snails will drown in the beer.
What do snails like in their home?
Snails live in many different habitats. Snails live in gardens, deserts, mountains, and by the water. Snails can be found anywhere. People just do not look for them.
I am not sure about if they eat poo but they eat damp paper. This helps there body digest food I think this is what a 10 year old thinks.
Slugs do have bones
they are invertebrates and do not have skeletons.
A2. But slugs do have a small concealed fragment of shell in their body. The development of the shell was a big advance up from the worms, for a shell gave the animal a rigid item to which muscles could be attached. It also perchance provided some protection from attack, so it was a major evolutionary advance.
What kind of conditions do water snails live in?
I recommend anything with water and space for the snails to eat. Basically any freshwater fish tank with be okay for the snails. I must tell you though, never to put snails in with beta fish because sometimes the beta fish will try to eat the snail so i recommend putting them in with goldfish or some other freshwater fish. I have a 10 gallon freshwater tank with a common goldfish and a golden inca snail and they live happily together. I hope this helps!
What structure on a squid analogous to a snails shell?
A squid's tentacles are homologous to the snail's foot.
I assume you mean fresh water snails, like apple snails or mystery snails. These types of snails (fresh water) are usually hermaphrodites, which means they can reproduce with any snail. The snails exchange sperm with each other. Or, occasionally your snail will be self-fertile, and get itself pregnant. If your snail is pregnant, it will lay it's eggs outside of water, like on the rim of the tank. It needs two to three inches to lay it's eggs, and the eggs will have a razor blade like thing somewhere around them to protect them. The eggs look like little bubbles on the side of the fish tank, or like chewing gum! Sometimes they're blue, green, pink, white, or somewhat clear. After your snail lays eggs and the environment is suitable, in a few weeks you'll have some snail babies!
Yes. Snails belong to the Kingdom Animalia. A level of classifying all living things on earth. Animals are a multi-celled living organisms whose origin remains debatable. The animals body shape generally becomes fixed once the animal reaches maturity although some species of animal undergo series metamorphosis in later life such as the caterpillar which grows wings. Most animals are generally motile which means that they are able to move in their own. Animals are also considered heterotrophs, which means that they must ingest other organisms to survive, either plant or animal organisms. There is no way of knowing exactly how many species of animal exist as so many are found or become extinct each year. Species are a group of similar animals that are capable of interbreeding that results in the production of fertile offspring.
Yes, a snail is an animal.
What is the point of any lifeform? On a purely biological basis the point of slugs is the same as the point of anything else, to procreate and pass on their genes.
