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The largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed 2 pounds!
   
Snails' bodies produce a thick slime.  Because of this slime, they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt.
Some snails have been known to live up to 15 years.
Snails are hermaphrodites which means that they have both male and female reproductive organs.  
Snails usually travel in irregular paths, often traveling in a circle.
Snails reply mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have very poor eyesight.
Snails cannot hear.
Snails can retract one or both of their tentacles at a time.
Because of the suction created by their slime, a snail can crawl upside down.
Snails are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at night.
Garden Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they will also eat decaying plants and soil.  
The fastest snails are the speckled garden snails which can move up to 55 yards per hour compared 23 inches per hour of most other land snails.
Garden snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored fat. 
Garden snails breathe with lungs.
Garden snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago.
The garden snail is cooked and eaten as a delicacy called escargot
May 24th is National Escargot Day
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3. A snail is a gastropod. Gastropod means “belly foot”.
The largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed 2 pounds!
   
Snails' bodies produce a thick slime.  Because of this slime, they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt.
Some snails have been known to live up to 15 years.
Snails are hermaphrodites which means that they have both male and female reproductive organs.  
Snails usually travel in irregular paths, often traveling in a circle.
Snails reply mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have very poor eyesight.
Snails cannot hear.
Snails can retract one or both of their tentacles at a time.
Because of the suction created by their slime, a snail can crawl upside down.
Snails are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at night.
Garden Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they will also eat decaying plants and soil.  
The fastest snails are the speckled garden snails which can move up to 55 yards per hour compared 23 inches per hour of most other land snails.
Garden snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored fat. 
Garden snails breathe with lungs.
Garden snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago.
The garden snail is cooked and eaten as a delicacy called escargot
May 24th is National Escargot Day
                                                                                  
Snails live all around the world!
A snail is a gastropod. Gastropod means “belly foot”.
A snails' body produces a thick slime.  This slime allows a snail to crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt. A snail can crawl upside down because of their slime.
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The largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed 2 pounds!
   
Snails' bodies produce a thick slime.  Because of this slime, they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt.
Some snails have been known to live up to 15 years.
Snails are hermaphrodites which means that they have both male and female reproductive organs.  
Snails usually travel in irregular paths, often traveling in a circle.
Snails reply mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have very poor eyesight.
Snails cannot hear.
Snails can retract one or both of their tentacles at a time.
Because of the suction created by their slime, a snail can crawl upside down.
Snails are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at night.
Garden Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they will also eat decaying plants and soil.  
The fastest snails are the speckled garden snails which can move up to 55 yards per hour compared 23 inches per hour of most other land snails.
Garden snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored fat. 
Garden snails breathe with lungs.
Garden snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago.
The garden snail is cooked and eaten as a delicacy called escargot
May 24th is National Escargot Day
                                                                                  
Snails usually live between 5 and 10 years. Some snails live to be 15 years old!
Snails travel in irregular paths, often moving in a circle.
Snails like moist, humid areas. They do not like it too bright.
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5. Snails are both boys and girls! They lay eggs.
The largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed 2 pounds!
   
Snails' bodies produce a thick slime.  Because of this slime, they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt.
Some snails have been known to live up to 15 years.
Snails are hermaphrodites which means that they have both male and female reproductive organs.  
Snails usually travel in irregular paths, often traveling in a circle.
Snails reply mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have very poor eyesight.
Snails cannot hear.
Snails can retract one or both of their tentacles at a time.
Because of the suction created by their slime, a snail can crawl upside down.
Snails are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at night.
Garden Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they will also eat decaying plants and soil.  
The fastest snails are the speckled garden snails which can move up to 55 yards per hour compared 23 inches per hour of most other land snails.
Garden snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored fat. 
Garden snails breathe with lungs.
Garden snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago.
The garden snail is cooked and eaten as a delicacy called escargot
May 24th is National Escargot Day
                                                                                  
Snails are both boys and girls! They lay eggs.
Snails can live on land or in the water!
Garden snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored fat. 
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The largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed 2 pounds!
   
Snails' bodies produce a thick slime.  Because of this slime, they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt.
Some snails have been known to live up to 15 years.
Snails are hermaphrodites which means that they have both male and female reproductive organs.  
Snails usually travel in irregular paths, often traveling in a circle.
Snails reply mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have very poor eyesight.
Snails cannot hear.
Snails can retract one or both of their tentacles at a time.
Because of the suction created by their slime, a snail can crawl upside down.
Snails are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at night.
Garden Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they will also eat decaying plants and soil.  
The fastest snails are the speckled garden snails which can move up to 55 yards per hour compared 23 inches per hour of most other land snails.
Garden snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored fat. 
Garden snails breathe with lungs.
Garden snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago.
The garden snail is cooked and eaten as a delicacy called escargot
May 24th is National Escargot Day
                                                                                  
Snails rely mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have very poor eyesight. Snails cannot hear.
Snails are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at night.
Garden Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they will also eat decaying plants and soil. 
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Land snails breathe with lungs.
Water snails breathe with an internal gill, or ctenidium.
The fastest snails are the Speckled Garden Snails. They can move up to 55 yards per hour. That is compared to 23 inches per hour of most other land snails.
The largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed 2 pounds!
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The largest land snail ever found was 15 inches long and weighed 2 pounds!
   
Snails' bodies produce a thick slime.  Because of this slime, they can crawl across the edge of a razor and not get hurt.
Some snails have been known to live up to 15 years.
Snails are hermaphrodites which means that they have both male and female reproductive organs.  
Snails usually travel in irregular paths, often traveling in a circle.
Snails reply mainly on their sense of touch and smell when finding food because they have very poor eyesight.
Snails cannot hear.
Snails can retract one or both of their tentacles at a time.
Because of the suction created by their slime, a snail can crawl upside down.
Snails are nocturnal animals which means they are more active at night.
Garden Snails mainly eat garden plants and vegetables, but they will also eat decaying plants and soil.  
The fastest snails are the speckled garden snails which can move up to 55 yards per hour compared 23 inches per hour of most other land snails.
Garden snails hibernate during the winter and live on their stored fat. 
Garden snails breathe with lungs.
Garden snails evolved from sea snails about 600 million years ago.
The garden snail is cooked and eaten as a delicacy called escargot
May 24th is National Escargot Day
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11. Snail Habitats Snails live in moist places that are not brightly lit.
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12. Want to know more about snails?
Look for these great
books in the library!
Leo Lionni
Susan
Hightower
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Theresa Greenaway

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Elsohn Ross
Allan Fowler
Elaine Pascoe
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Judy Allen and
Tudor Humphries
Jane Cutler
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