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| Garden Snail |
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It’s scientific name is Helix aspersa. The Garden Snail has a pale grey, moist skin and a large, brown or yellowish shell with paler flecking and darker, spiraling bands. These are often considered as garden pests. They come out at night to feed and rest during the day in sheltered places, such as under rocks. If conditions are too dry, the snail retreats inside its shell, which it is able to seal. It can remain like this for several months if necessary. A snail can sleep for 3 years. © Mallikarjuna.D.G. Even I wear helmet. Do you? Garden Snails generally hibernate during winter. They have both female and male reproductive cells, but must find a partner to exchange sperm before they can reproduce. After mating they lay about 100 white eggs in a damp, underground nest. The newly-hatched snails have fragile shells and take about two year to mature. It eats leaves, algae, lichens, fungi and rotting plant debris. © Mallikarjuna.D.G. Snails produce a colourless, sticky discharge that forms a protective carpet under them as they travel along. The discharge is so effective that they can crawl along the edge of a razor without cutting themselves. The fastest moving land snail, the common garden snail, has a speed of 0.0313 mph.
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