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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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You need to moisturize the tank 2 times a day if it is a garden snail.
Scientists believe snails started evolving around 5 million years ago, around the Cambrian period.
All living things create waste!
Yes, insects have their own forms of poo, or excrement. If you were to capture a sample, feed and observe them in a glass jar, small specks of excrement would appear on the bottom that are visible to the naked eye.
Bacteria, which are microscopic to begin with, have their own form of "excrement." It's not really "poo" in the sense of the word, as bacteria are only single cells, and have no digestive system. Instead, the wastes from various cellular processes are simply diffused or transported through the cell wall, and dumped into the environment.
My snails more often pee than the poop. My garden snail only produced a yellow liquid that seemed like pee once. They have pooped many times though.
How do you get a Cowrie from it's shell without damaging the shell?
- Place the shells in cold water and bring slowly to the boil. Simmer for a few minutes and then allow to cool slowly. The animal should remove easily using a hooked piece of wire. This method should not be used with polished shells as the polish may be damaged.
- Place the shells in a shopping bag and place in the freezer. Leave overnight and thaw after 4-5 days. The animal should remove easily using garden hose and spraying water. Note: Polished specimens like Cowries, Olives, Margins etc. should not be cleaned using this method as minute hairline cracks may form in the shell polish.
- Place shells in a bucket of water and leave allowing the animal to rot away. Replace water regularly as the deteriorating animal produces acids which can damage the shell surface especially of glossy shells. After a few days you can either hose the remains out or flick the shell holding onto one end so the decomposing material runs out the other end.
- Place shells in a plastic container filled with kerosene. If there are a large number to be cleaned insert a wire grate in the bottom of the container to keep them off the bottom. Sit the shells on top of the grate and leave for a week or 2, most of the animal will decompose and fall through the grate to sit in the bottom of the container. Remove the shells after 1/2 weeks and hose out. Polished specimens come out gleaming.
- Bury the shells in sand or soil. Place the shells upright and cover with sand. This allows the remains to run out when the animal has decomposed. Wash out the remainder. This method is not recommended for polished shells as body acids can collect around the bottom of the shell and can damage polish.
- Place shells in a solution of 50% sea water or water and alcohol for up to a week. The animal can be removed with a wire hook or shaken out.
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We used to leave them out side in africa and the ants cleaned them out.
What is a snail's respiratory pore used for?
Thepneumostome (or breathing pore) is a feature (the respiratory opening) of the external body anatomy of an air-breathing land slug or land snail. It is a part of respiratory system of gastropods.
What in the pond depends on a rams horn snail?
Large insects, carp, and frogs. ( if pond is used as a bird bath also then birds are included)
Do red claw crabs eat baby apple snails?
Yes they do. My Adult apple snail was ripped apart by my red clawed crab. So based on my experience, I wouldn't mix them together.
What do the quotation by perseverence the snail reached the ark mean?
Well as you know, the snail is a small creature which takes a long time to cover a certain distance. With the account of Noah and the Ark God asked him to build, the snail had to climb upon the Ark as well. Seeing how slow the snail was, it would have taken it forever to reach the ark.
Therefore, the snail had to persevere...keep on trying, not giving up in order to reach the Ark and board it.
Relating it now, the snail, knowing that it doesn't move quickly, didn't necessarily focus on getting to the Ark quickly, it focused on the reality and work at getting there over time by consistently moving. This is the same way we should take life.
Rome wasn't built in a day so when we face trials that may seem as though they are taking long to overcome, we must press on and make a commitment to hang in and keep trying until we reach our goal
I hope this helps
it depends on where it is like inside your body or on the outside i say it cant in less it had a disease then it died inside of you then you got the disease and died.
Would you find snails and frog legs on an Italian or french menu?
Yes, but they could easily be cleaned off.
The natural way for humans to release gas (fart) is through their anal cavity, where slugs do fart but its through their eyeball. Weird i know but they even wee through their eyeball too.
Why do snails burrow in rocks?
Snails have a main diet of algae and a lot of algae is found in the deep crevices of rocks.
A part from being regarded as a symbol of either a lazy or sinful person, a slug, because of its slimy body, is regarded in some cultures as a symbol of sex organ.
