Where do snails come from???

[scotts]

How the hell??
So iam walking some crop today to see how wet places are before the sprayer sinks out of sight. I come across little sloughs In the fields where I can never remember water before( and iam 43) and there are snails along the edge. How did they get there?? They don't really seem like the most mobile creature around so I doubt they walked

 

[Murminator]

Most snails start off as almost microscopic larve and they hitch hike on birds/fish/people as long as they are wet they are fine. I have had them hitch hike on either my hands or on a net and the migrated to other tanks in my house....so if you want more I have a few thousand to get rid of. I am in the process of breeding assassin snails that prey and eat other snails....yeah i know i'm a geek

 

[Bogger]

Some land snails have very thick shells. Snails that live in moist areas usually have thinner shells. Some snails that live in the desert can stay sealed in their thick shells for two or more years. Some types of snails are called "burrowing snails." These are only found above ground in rainy weather. When the weather is hot and dry they burrow about 7.5 to 15 cm into the ground and become dormant until rain softens the ground.

The snail is both male and female. Isn't that incredible? An animal which is both a male and a female is called a hermaphrodite.

 

[Bogger]

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fol9Civ1AWc[/media]

 

[scotts]

Most snails start off as almost microscopic larve and they hitch hike on birds/fish/people as long as they are wet they are fine. I have had them hitch hike on either my hands or on a net and the migrated to other tanks in my house....so if you want more I have a few thousand to get rid of. I am in the process of breeding assassin snails that prey and eat other snails....yeah i know i'm a geek

Thanks mur, very informative, not too sure what you got going on at your house but watch them assassin's dont turn on you.

And thanks to Bogger for that very interesting video,that was 3 minutes 14seconds of my life well spent. lol

 

[Puba]

Bogger has wayyyy too much time on his hands and the Joey mentoring has effected him..... Snap out of it man, where is the smart arse, quick tongued, brash douche canoe you are?

 

[PEAK SEEKER]

Bogger has wayyyy too much time on his hands and the Joey mentoring has effected him..... Snap out of it man, where is the smart arse, quick tongued, brash douche canoe you are?

Fake Joey ran off with the real bogger after all the mentoring.

 

[goodngrubby]

Some land snails have very thick shells. Snails that live in moist areas usually have thinner shells. Some snails that live in the desert can stay sealed in their thick shells for two or more years. Some types of snails are called "burrowing snails." These are only found above ground in rainy weather. When the weather is hot and dry they burrow about 7.5 to 15 cm into the ground and become dormant until rain softens the ground.

The snail is both male and female. Isn't that incredible? An animal which is both a male and a female is called a hermaphrodite.

WTF?! Why do you know this, Cliff Clavin?

 

[Longhorn]

WTF?! Why do you know this, Cliff Clavin?

YA??

Wow, interesting stuff I learn here every night...not sure 'why' I read it, but still interesting LOL