Snails are known as one of the earliest types of inhabitants in the world. Evidences have shown that these creatures have evolved for more than 600 million years ago. The adapt easily to various surroundings and do not require large quantities of food.
Read on to find out some interesting facts about snails that usually go unnoticed and hope this will help you get to know these little creatures better! Happy reading!
- Snails can carry things up to 10 times than their own body weight while vertically placed.
- They are DEAF, not able to hear and unlike other animals. They can't make sounds to call out to their prospective mate; thus, they use touching as a way of courting.
- A snail’s shell is made of Calcium Carbonate which becomes STRONGER with age if the snail consumes a calcium-rich diet. Contrarily, the shell turns brittle and cracks up if it lives on a diet containing less calcium
- All eggs that do not hatch are eaten by the newborns. This gives them an opportunity to make their shells stronger as the eggs that do not hatch contain calcium in abundance.
- It is due to the slime that snails are able to move upside down, around corners, and through other various trajectories without falling.
- Baby snails are born with tiny shells on their backs and have bodies that seem almost transparent.
- Just as a tree’s age can be calculated by counting the rings formed inside its bark, one can determine a snail’s age by totaling the spiral rings on its shell. Each year, a new spiral ring grows on a snail’s shell, referred to as a whorl.
- Contrary to the popular belief, snail slime does not carry harmful bacteria.
- Both salt and sugar are poisonous to snails.
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