Land+Snails



Land Snails Snails are slow moving animals. Snails' bodies produce a thick slime. The suction made by their slime helps them crawl upside down. Snails have tentacles and a foot. All snails have a mouth. Snails scrape food into their mouth. Snails cannot hear. They rely mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have poor eyesight. Snails are nocturnal, which means they are more active at night. Snails eat plants, fruits and other things they find in their environment. They do not eat meat. Snails usually eat things that have a lot of calicium so that their shell will be very strong.Never give a snail salt or sugar because it will kill the snail.