Top Ten Things You Didn't Know About Snails
The Top Ten
1 Snails are very strong
They can lift up to 10 times their own body weight - Delgia2k
2 A snail can live as long as a dog
They can live 15 to 20 years - Delgia2k
3 Snails are hermaphrodites
It means they have both female and male organs - Delgia2k
4 Snails are vegetarians
Some snail species can be carnivorous - ElSherlock
They will eat all sorts of fruits and vegetables - Delgia2k
Not true. Not all snails are herbivores. *facepalm*
5 Snails can't hear you
Go ahead, shout, whisper, tell them all your secrets, they don't even have ears - Delgia2k
6 Snails have a great sense of smell
They can find food easily - Delgia2k
7 Some snails hibernate
Some species of snails actually hibernate during the colder months of the year - Delgia2k
8 Garden snails have over 14,000 teeth
Or up to 14,725 - Delgia2k
9 Garden snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago
10 Snails travel at 0.0004 miles an hour
Even the lazy sloth and the lumbering tortoise have nothing on the snail’s complete lack of speed. Congratulation for winning the race, Gary! - Delgia2k
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11 Snails can sleep up to 3 years
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