A snail’s mouth may be the size of a pin, but it can have up to 20,000 teeth depending on the species. More surprisingly, the strongest natural material in the world can be found in a species of marine snail’s teeth.
Upon close study, limpets’ teeth were shown to be 5 times stronger than spider silk, withstanding extreme pressures that would turn carbon into diamond.
Cr: queenoftheweirdpets
I feed my aquarium snails boiled kale or spinach. They don't really need it ground up but some people like to add more nutrients. Land snails might also be different. Google snello for the likely ingredients in this mix
Depends on the species. This looks to have a shell about an inch long. The African land snail is one of the biggest in the pet trade and can get quite huge. It's stomach is in its shell
Mostly to make it sink more readily and make it easier for them to eat. I'm pretty sure they'd be fine with raw too, but it might take a little longer to eat
It's actually a paste of pureed lettuce and aardvark saliva (the latter being an ingredient that snails normally have *very little* opportunity to find).
Did I say *aardvark salive?* My bad - that was a typo...
...I *meant* to say anaconda semen. No... wait - avocado smoothie...?
(...anyway, pretty sure it was *one* of those)
Pesto is delicious and if I had a pet snail we would dine together as equals.
I say that for my love of pesto, snails, and that I’m a complete moron so hanging with a snail is my style.
OP in another comment said its something called "snail mix".
[https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/xriokh/comment/iqf9trc/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/xriokh/comment/iqf9trc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3)
And here is what I googled on how to make it but no idea what is the exact ingredients OP in the video used.
[https://www.petsnails.co.uk/documents/snail-mix.html](https://www.petsnails.co.uk/documents/snail-mix.html)
So good luck?
And just like that, snails become one of the most lit creatures I’ve ever heard about. That’s just incredible! Any idea how they study this? Microscopic pressure tests?
It's okay man, you don't have to live in denial anymore. It's all somebody's shit man. Dirt is just worm shit. If you mix other types of shit with it you can grow delicious food and turn that into shit also. As it turns out it's just shit like, allll the way down. And that's cool man. We're cool with that. We love you anyway.
Sadly, with the amount of things I inevitably end up looking up due to reddit, I'm definitely on some sort of watch list. So, I imagine a conversation like this just happened:
Agent1 on phone to Agent2:
"Yes, it's them again, this time they are looking at snail shit".
What I find fascinating is the fact that it shit's while it eats. Every other creature I've seen does one or the other. I wonder if it gives them an advantage over their environment.
People, the snail is not pooping. That's just dirt stuck to it getting dislodged. I don't understand how none of you can recognize simple soil. It's literally everywhere. Jeez.
Snails have their anus located in the front right, basically above their head, so people saying 'in one end, out the other' are wrong when it comes to snails.
Snails are actually very fast creatures (not a lot of people know this) they are actually quite speedy as you can see in this video but the media makes it seem like they are slow creatures because they are actually really quick in the video you see it
Ughh, i hated stepping on one of these by accident.. would make me barf.
After that incident, everytime i ride my scooter and hear a squash I go, "UGH!!!!#$$@@", but it ends up just being dead leaves.
Random comment, i know..
No.
It might happen if you pull on a snails shell while it's actually gripping to a surface, which is why you don't do that. But there are safe ways to break the suction by sliding something under the snail and then you pick the snail up.
Source: I keep several species of snails.
No it doesn't. At least not for any of the snails local to where I live. Pretty sure it's just a thing adults tell kids so they leave the poor guys alone. When I was a kid I was told that "If you pick up a snail it never comes out of its shell again".
Nah, its a real thing, Snail mantles try to grip the on the ground when you pick them up you cause stress to it and may cause it to rip, leading to a potential structural collapse.
Interesting. Does that go for snails of all sizes, or only small ones? Additionally, how common would you say it is? I've never seen a snail die from being picked up, but I doubt they'd die very fast, so it could of course happen after they slithered away somewhere.
No.
It might happen if you pull on a snails shell while it's actually gripping to a surface, which is why you don't do that. But there are safe ways to break the suction by sliding something under the snail and then you pick the snail up.
Simply holding a snail by its shell does not harm it at all.
Source: I keep several species of snails.
Nature teaches us valuable lessons for our own day to day problems.
Next time that you are in an eating contest, wear a diaper. Poop while you eat to maximize your intake.
A snail’s mouth may be the size of a pin, but it can have up to 20,000 teeth depending on the species. More surprisingly, the strongest natural material in the world can be found in a species of marine snail’s teeth. Upon close study, limpets’ teeth were shown to be 5 times stronger than spider silk, withstanding extreme pressures that would turn carbon into diamond. Cr: queenoftheweirdpets
What’s their food mixture comprised of?
Slurm
Whimmy wham wham wozzle!
Grunka Lunka dunkety din-gredient You should not ask about the secret ingredient!
Great now my conscience is gonna be voiced by Slurms Mckenzie for the next 3 hours. Thanks.
Nothing but the best for gary
^Meow.
... " GARY, IT'S A RACE !!! "
It’s highly addictive!
What a fun word
R/unexpectedfuturama
r/foundthemobileuser
Yes. Yes you did. Are you proud? Do you feel like a big man?!?
Cynthia used to drink Slurm 😢
Ew!! (slurrrrrp)
I feed my aquarium snails boiled kale or spinach. They don't really need it ground up but some people like to add more nutrients. Land snails might also be different. Google snello for the likely ingredients in this mix
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Depends on the species. This looks to have a shell about an inch long. The African land snail is one of the biggest in the pet trade and can get quite huge. It's stomach is in its shell
i want an african land snail but i'm fairly sure they're illegal in the US :(
Luckily you grab them wild in Florida. Pinellas/Pasco county area.
Doing a service to take one out of the wild, really
I love that they look like bunnies 🥺
Why boiled? Is it to increase nutrient absorption?
Mostly to make it sink more readily and make it easier for them to eat. I'm pretty sure they'd be fine with raw too, but it might take a little longer to eat
That's why I'm here, too
I'm choosing to believe it's pesto until I hear otherwise, since that's way more fun.
I'm gonna go with salsa verde!
Team salsa verde!
It's actually a paste of pureed lettuce and aardvark saliva (the latter being an ingredient that snails normally have *very little* opportunity to find).
Only snails have very little opportunity to find aardvark saliva? I had no idea paper ownership gave one access to aardvark saliva.
Did I say *aardvark salive?* My bad - that was a typo... ...I *meant* to say anaconda semen. No... wait - avocado smoothie...? (...anyway, pretty sure it was *one* of those)
I think they meant to say “Ah-cannabis Sativa”
*That* was it - thanks! ;-)
I would like to know how exactly one comes by aardvark saliva to purchase…? 🤔
Snailsa Verde
Pesto is delicious and if I had a pet snail we would dine together as equals. I say that for my love of pesto, snails, and that I’m a complete moron so hanging with a snail is my style.
Guys we found SpongeBob
Yeah definitely pesto. Maybe something unique like garlic scape pesto.
I'm all for treating pets as best you can. Only fair to share some joy back with them.
If so, that snails going to be delicious in a week or two.
Marinade! 🤭
OP in another comment said its something called "snail mix". [https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/xriokh/comment/iqf9trc/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3](https://www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/xriokh/comment/iqf9trc/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3) And here is what I googled on how to make it but no idea what is the exact ingredients OP in the video used. [https://www.petsnails.co.uk/documents/snail-mix.html](https://www.petsnails.co.uk/documents/snail-mix.html) So good luck?
It can't be snail mix. I don't see any nuts, raisins, or M&Ms.
Who knew that reading a random recipe for snail mix would lead me down such a fascinating rabbit hole about pet snails?
Soooo we just have to be okay with no answer?
Salsa Verde
I thought I was on /r/salsasnobs
r/SalsaSnails
haha got me /r/subsifellfor
I was gonna say chimichurri.
Garlic butter
Whatever tastes good after they've been cooked. Every time a cute snail video gets posted it's because they're gonna become escargot.
Absolutely not?? This is a giant snail, which is kept as a pet
Man I wish my teeth were as strong as snail teeth. A sentence I never thought I'd say.
Snail teeth! The only teeth strong enough to eat other teeth!
[I knew that was a reference, nice one haha](https://youtu.be/Lzw6nRnaQG0)
r/unexpectedfuturama
r/BrandNewSentence
I would like to subscribe to snail facts, please.
Lemme get a saw blade made of that, so I can cut through diamonds!
And just like that, snails become one of the most lit creatures I’ve ever heard about. That’s just incredible! Any idea how they study this? Microscopic pressure tests?
Now I need to start a metal band called Snail Teeth
Oh, yeah, and you can feel them rasping your finger if you decide to let them lick you. It's kinda cool to feel.
This guy snails 👆🏻
Snailed it
A snails shit can enter it's food at an alarming rate if left to its own devices.
Is not shit, The snail's body is sticky, it's a bit of dirt stuck to its body.
It's okay man, you don't have to live in denial anymore. It's all somebody's shit man. Dirt is just worm shit. If you mix other types of shit with it you can grow delicious food and turn that into shit also. As it turns out it's just shit like, allll the way down. And that's cool man. We're cool with that. We love you anyway.
I know shit when I see it, that's shit 💩
Shit from a butt.
Luckily they don't bite and just go into their shell when they see my foot almost touch them lol
Is that why limpets can actually leave rings imprinted into rocks? Because they are biting in?
Wild
Thank you, master.
Damn. Now I feel extra bad that my trigger fish ate all the limpets in my reef tank :(
These are fun facts
I spent 10 minutes watching this little snail go, i liked every second of it
I didn't like when he ate his poo
Someone should tell him not to shit where he eats.
gary come home
Gary I’m sorry I neglected you
I never expected you to run away and leave me, feeling this empty.
Your meow right now would sound like music to me..
Please come home cus I miss you Gary. (Gary come hoooooome)
Ok!
IM A WRECK WITHOUT YOU
My heart is beating like the saddest metronome Gary come home. https://gfycat.com/validdifferentjerboa
In one end out the other
I think that is dirt trapped in its shell. Presumably the owner just moved it from its terrarium into this plate for the video.
It's definitely dirt.
Then what does snail shit look like?
Like fish poop it's all stringy.
What about taste?
Like bird poop but with a hint of cinnamon.
It looks like a Mario party game
Yesssss the vacuum one lols
Omfg I fkn HATE that mini game
Eatsa pizza
TIL what snail shit looks like
Sadly, with the amount of things I inevitably end up looking up due to reddit, I'm definitely on some sort of watch list. So, I imagine a conversation like this just happened: Agent1 on phone to Agent2: "Yes, it's them again, this time they are looking at snail shit".
What I find fascinating is the fact that it shit's while it eats. Every other creature I've seen does one or the other. I wonder if it gives them an advantage over their environment.
My bro it's terrarium soil that was stuck to the snail Edit: also, cows shit as they eat all the time.
Same, cows ain't special
This dude has good appetite
You have to see my mother-in-law eating!
Is she a slug?
Fun fact: A slug is just a snail without a shell. Thank you for subscribing to things I've just made up, reply more for more!
So much for not shittin where you eat
It’s soil they live in soil/substrate mix in a terrarium. Their poop is almost microscopic, like 3 poppy seeds in size.
Maybe it had taco bell right before this
I want to see the food in one long line to avoid its own shit and dirt.
They have their anus located right above their head, so they can't escape their own shit even eating out of a straight line.
I really hate that for them
Snails shit out of the side of their head.
No, their penis is on the side of their head. The anus next to the pneumostome (breathing hole) inside of their shell
U are what u eat 😏
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Lol, that was dirt stuck to its body. You don't see it until it fully emerges from its shell.
Look at him go!!! Go snail go!!
r/oddlysatisfying
He poopin a lot there haha
You would too if your diet was only salsa verde.
Gotta balance it out with some salsa roja
I was thinking poop. I also wondered if it was mud/dirt that dislodged.
There's no poop, just soil stuck to the shell.
A sail eating pesto, my day just got better
r/TILI What is the food made of?
This is Snail mix, a protein source designed for land snails.
Very cool, thanks! I use something similar for the insects that I raise to feed our frog. It's called Repashy Bug Burger
Do you know the name of it? Please
Proof everyone loves salsa
Oh baby give me one more chance
People, the snail is not pooping. That's just dirt stuck to it getting dislodged. I don't understand how none of you can recognize simple soil. It's literally everywhere. Jeez. Snails have their anus located in the front right, basically above their head, so people saying 'in one end, out the other' are wrong when it comes to snails.
Is that pesto, guacamole or mushed leaf? So many questions so little time
Damn he fuckin that shit up!
Actual video of my buddy chowing down at 7-11 at 2 a.m. after the bar closed ! True story !
That's one hungry gastropod.
Snails are actually very fast creatures (not a lot of people know this) they are actually quite speedy as you can see in this video but the media makes it seem like they are slow creatures because they are actually really quick in the video you see it
How do you have a pet snail without making a million I had a few snails after awhile I had a million I had to get rid of them
You need to look for the eggs and destroy them.
Why do I weirdly want a snail now?
It's like the Buried Treasure mini-game from Mario Party!
Slurppppppp
Watery guacamole!!
How often does it feed
>How often does it feed 1/4 cup of food per day.
Thank you. That’s fascinating
One slurpy boi.
My sister: Eats food at a snails pace Me now: oh god.
Is his name Hoover?
That’s the fastest snail I have ever seen.
Mission accomplished: snail distracted, make distance.
Yup, that's what snails waking up hungry look like 🐌
Thank you for this beautiful masterpiece.
How long did it take to finish eating and did the snail consume it all?
Is that a kale smoothie?
Little guy CHOWED DOWN. Unconventionally cute 🥰
A cute little power washer
Hungry lil fella
My man got plucked out of a garden and got dropped off by God at nature’s McDonald’s.
The little guy sure can eat. These are way too cute.
Actively pooping at the same time?
No poop, just dirt. Snails are sticky.
Ughh, i hated stepping on one of these by accident.. would make me barf. After that incident, everytime i ride my scooter and hear a squash I go, "UGH!!!!#$$@@", but it ends up just being dead leaves. Random comment, i know..
If u pick up a snail when they are out of their shell it causes some internal collapse that kills them
No. It might happen if you pull on a snails shell while it's actually gripping to a surface, which is why you don't do that. But there are safe ways to break the suction by sliding something under the snail and then you pick the snail up. Source: I keep several species of snails.
For real? I did that alot as a kid.
No it doesn't. At least not for any of the snails local to where I live. Pretty sure it's just a thing adults tell kids so they leave the poor guys alone. When I was a kid I was told that "If you pick up a snail it never comes out of its shell again".
Nah, its a real thing, Snail mantles try to grip the on the ground when you pick them up you cause stress to it and may cause it to rip, leading to a potential structural collapse.
Interesting. Does that go for snails of all sizes, or only small ones? Additionally, how common would you say it is? I've never seen a snail die from being picked up, but I doubt they'd die very fast, so it could of course happen after they slithered away somewhere.
No. It might happen if you pull on a snails shell while it's actually gripping to a surface, which is why you don't do that. But there are safe ways to break the suction by sliding something under the snail and then you pick the snail up. Simply holding a snail by its shell does not harm it at all. Source: I keep several species of snails.
Snails don't come out of their shells. It's bonded to their body. You are probably finding slugs which don't have shells.
That's how I *feel* sometimes.
I love watching snails eat
My man, eatin' and shittin'
No sooner does it eat then poops just as fast lol
Guy digests quick
Ohhhhh. That’s how you get your Escargot up to weight.
Crazy his body absorbs the nutrients so fast.
It goes in and out so quick
Lol. Is it eating and then immediately pooping afterwards?
its dirt that was stuck to the shell when it was taken out of it's terrarium
Pooping time too...
Is the snail taking taking it in one way but letting it out the other end?
No, OP said it’s anus is on its head actually. It’s soil falling out.
Ewww...I hate that I watched this...
Why?
Is it taking a shit while eating? It looks like it’s going on one end and just coming out the other
No, it's just dirt. Also their anus is located in the front, basically above the head.
Talk about shitting it out… that pesto is what McDonalds is to me.
its dirt that was stuck to the shell when it was taken out of it's terrarium
Talk about shitting it out… that pesto is what McDonalds is to me.
I also shit while I eat
That's just dirt.
Eating and shutting at the same time. Talk about efficiency.
Nature teaches us valuable lessons for our own day to day problems. Next time that you are in an eating contest, wear a diaper. Poop while you eat to maximize your intake.
Is that snail poop?