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Garden snail can be very fast as compared to the other snail species. They can move across in speed up to 55 yards per hour. That’s lightning fast compared to most other snail species that move at the speed of 22 inches per hour.
Garden Snails are a curiously interesting species of nature. They go by the scientific name Helix aspersa . As you can guess, garden snails are found in gardens, parks, dunes and forests. They generally have a light grey moist skin with a light brown shell that has dark brown bands across.
Even though we can find them in our garden, snail have more species living in the sea than what we see on land. Because of their diverse habitat there are all kinds of differences between garden snail and any other type of snail you may find elsewhere.
The association of snail in our everyday conversation with being slow makes it very curious. There are some very interesting facts about the garden snail that make it interesting to say the least.
A Garden snail cannot get hurt even if they crawl across a sharp razor edge. The reason is that their body produces guie slime that prevents them from getting cuts. They can even manage to crawl upside down with the suction created because of this slime.
Garden Snail is also known to be hermaphrodite which means that it possesses both male and female reproductive organs. Interestingly enough it still needs to find a mate to reproduce, go figure.
Even though Garden snail has its eyes mounted on top of their tentacles, their sense of sight is very poor, so they have to rely on their sense of smell and touch to find food. They generally eat decaying plants but also feed on plants and vegetables.
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