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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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How did snails get in my freshwater aquarium when I did not put them in there?

Snails can be beneficial in an aquarium because they will keep algae down, and they also feed on dead plants and animals. You have to use caution with which types of snails to get and how many of them, because they can also cause damage if not managed properly.

How often do freshwater snails reproduce?

Brine shrimp also know as "jurbalia" reproduce every day in the correct environment. They drop seeds called "cuntacula"which contain nicotine for personal growth. It usual takes around 2-4 days for a juvenile shrimp to reach maturity if female. Although it takes 4-6 weeks for a male shrimp to reach adulthood.

What is the name of an edible water snail?

There are a few different breeds that are eaten.

The name of the prepared snail is "escargot". The 't' at the end is silent.

Do pond snails eat fish eggs?

Turtles are scavengers and will readily take a bite out of a slow moving Koi trapped in a pond or other confinement.

What are some mollusk adaptations?

A radula for scraping algae off of sea rocks, a mantel (Like an internal shell) to protect internal organs, tube feet to move swiftly across the ocean floor and to keep the current from pulling it back.......

Will a sea snail eat goldfish waste?

Snails are bottom feeders so they will usually eat debris at the bottom of a tank, as well as some algae if they come upon it. They can usually eat leftover flakes from regular fish feeding, but you may want to drop in a few pellets for them here and there to make sure that they have adequate food. If you have catfish or any other bottom feeders, they will eat these as well.

Where can you find a snail?

Green vegetation, ferns for example, bark perhaps, and if you are keeping him/her as a pet, in a TRANSPARENT LARGE plastic box WITH holes in the top for breathing
The habitat of a snail needs to be warm and moist. They live best in humid environments with plenty of grass to eat.

What do mollusks have in common?

Molluscs are animals which have no backbone (invertebrates) and no exoskeleton. These include snails (they have an outer shell but it isn't an exoskeleton) slugs (no shell, no exoskeleton, no bones) octopuses (they have no bones. They aren't fish because all fish have bones.) Sea snails and periwinkles are just other types of snail.

How long after mating do snails lay eggs?

It depends on the species. The most common snail in the hobby for example is the Golden Apple Snail. The female lays its eggs above the water surface at a clutch containing about 200-600 eggs. These eggs will hatch within about 2-3 weeks, depending on temperature an humidity of the air (the air above the water surface should have high humidity)- thus, a glass cover on the tank is essential (water level should be about 5-7.5cm/2-3inch below the glass cover).

Is snails a French national dish?

They aren't, particularly. Snails are a famous French food outside France, which is quite different. Anglo-Saxons shudder at the idea of eating snails, though many of them will happily tackle cockles, winkles and whelks. Apparently, if the shell comes from the sea, you can eat it just boiled, whereas if it comes from the land, it must be disgusting, even if it's first extracted from the shell, chopped up and cooked in garlic and butter. There's no accounting for tastes.

How many people eat snails in France?

The simple answer: a lot. Reuters reported that the French eat about 30,000 metric tons of escargot yearly. The French Embassy in the United States tweeted that approximately 500 million snails are consumed every year in France.

Why apple snails are named apple snails?

Because they grow to what was considered the size of an apple many decades ago when the term was coined.

Can you feed apples to an aquatic snail?

Apple snails are not called apple snails because they eat apples. They are called Apple Snails because of their size. True apple snails (Pomacea canaliculata) can grow up to 5" in Dia. Nontheless Apple Snails can eat apples.

How big should a snail tank be?

Some of the fish keepers think that they are useful and some invest efforts to get rid of them. Those who think that they are useful call them aquarium bulldozers and praise their ability to eat leafs, dead fish and uneaten food and keep the tank "clean" from troubles. Other fish keepers just can't see their present in the tank and spend time to get rid of them claiming that those snails disfigure the tank, they also say that the snails create new colonies in short time and those colonies create excreta and quickly deteriorating water quality.

Do slugs eat grapes?

Bananas aren't necessarily part of a banana slugs diet, but they could eat a banana if they wanted to.

What kind of skeleton does a snail have?

The kind of skeleton a crab has is an exoskeleton. This means that instead of bones inside its body it has a hard outer shell that supports and protects it.

How do snails taste?

a looks like a fat flat worm with eyes on tentacles and it has a shell in a spiral shape

A snail has a spiral shell, is usually small, has a soft squishy body with no legs, just a "tummy foot", and a land snail has two pair of tentacles, and the top pair, (longest) is its eyes, the bottom (shortest), is its feelers, sea snails have no bottom pair.

Is a worm a gastropod?

no gastropods are snails and slugs, oysters are bivalves as are scallops, muscles, and clams

What does an Apple snail egg sac look like?

Apple snail eggs are small, round and laid in clusters. They range from semi-transparent to orange. See: http://www.applesnail.net/content/photos/photo_eggs_1.htm -J

Percentage of people in France that eat snails?

This is personal but I think considering to all the people I met in my life that 10 to 20% of population like snails.

What is the order for Banana slug?

There are three species of Banana Slug:

  • Ariolimax californicus -- California Banana Slug
  • Ariolimax columbianus -- Pacific Banana Slug
  • Ariomax dolichophallus -- Slender Banana Slug

How do you know if your snail is hungry tired or sleeping?

if it is up and moveing about it is happy if it is moveing really slow and wont move it is tired and sleepy if you lay leaf down in the bottom of the cage and set it on the leaf [bubby leafs work the best] it will eat a hole thre the leaf