Monday, 11 May 2015

How do snails move

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We have been learning about how to write explations:
We looked at how real snails move and then took notes these are my notes:

  • The snail uses their one foot to push them along.
  • They move side to side which is called undulating
  • Snails mostly move on a flat surface
  • When they move they make a trail of slime called mucus
  • The snail trail is stick this allows they to travel upside down, Sideways and straight
  • The slime protects them when they move along.
  • They have lines underneath their body.
  • They have an shell so when they are moving an preditor can't bite them because the shell is in the way.
  • Snails eat a variety of food found in their natural habitat.
  • Land snails move by gliding along their muscular foot. This motion is powered by succeeding waves of muscular contractions that move down the ventral of the foot.
  • They leave a slimy trail behind.
  • Snails have a curly spiral on their shell
  • Snails eat a variety of food found in their natural habitat.
  • Alot of people find snails gross and ugly.
  • one of the main reasons why snails die is because they become food for other animals.
  • Most of their body of the snail is called the foot.
  • A snail moves on his slime/ mucus when he goes fast the snail's mucus  becomes more slippery and it can go even faster.
  • As they move the mucus comes out of the front right out of an hole in the foot.
  • It can live from 5-25 years depending if an bird of animal eats them.

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Here are some pictures we took white looking at the snails:

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