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One time I called a snail a stupid bitch and it pulled both its eyes into its head. So yeah I'm thinking they do.
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Snails have feelings. They have long mating rituals/dances where they wave their optical antennae at each other for hours on end, and then being hermaphrodites they join together their sexual organs (it looks pretty weird, I used to breed snails) and once they are done one snails chews off the other snail's penis and it becomes pregnant.
When ready, the snail will dig a hole in the mud with its tail and lay a large amount of tiny eggs. These eggs will hatch and tiny, albino looking snails will emerge (they have not yet gained pigmentation)
As for snail diet, as any gardener will know snails love to eat fruit and veg. The snails I used to have seemed very fond of cucumber, but I would try to give them a variety of foods. Only give them a small amount though, as snails, depending on their size of course, don't eat much and you will likely have to remove rotten food from their enclosure as they wont finish it in time.
I was breeding general garden snails of the yellow and brown variety. I have always wanted to own a giant african land snail but have not gotten around to that yet.
When ready, the snail will dig a hole in the mud with its tail and lay a large amount of tiny eggs. These eggs will hatch and tiny, albino looking snails will emerge (they have not yet gained pigmentation)
As for snail diet, as any gardener will know snails love to eat fruit and veg. The snails I used to have seemed very fond of cucumber, but I would try to give them a variety of foods. Only give them a small amount though, as snails, depending on their size of course, don't eat much and you will likely have to remove rotten food from their enclosure as they wont finish it in time.
I was breeding general garden snails of the yellow and brown variety. I have always wanted to own a giant african land snail but have not gotten around to that yet.
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WEEDle
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That would be cool. Snails are peaceful creatures and they are never without a home. Their only form of defense is to retract into their shells and they foam up a little, but it is not harmful. Their shells are always growing.
Sea snails are neat as well, when I used to have fish I would buy some small yellow sea snails from the pet store and put them in the tanks and they'd help clean it. I do prefer land snails though as you can actually hold them.
They're definitely my favorite gastropod. I'm not a big fan of slugs, even though they're basically just fat snails with their internal organs inside their body and a hard plate covering on their back, where as the snail's internal organs are in the shell.
I don't wish harm to slugs or anything, but they do creep me out a bit, although I had a few baby slugs mix in with my snails before quite nicely.
Sadly this was just a phase I went through for a couple of years when I was younger. I don't have any snails now and haven't for years, but I have fond memories of those little creatures. I would still like to get a giant African land snail someday though. Those things can be about as big as your forearm!
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