Sometimes, they may carry poisonous substances that can cause diseases like meningitis, etc., which need to be taken care of before consuming them. In many places, snails are eaten and are considered a delicacy in Europe, Spain, and France. Animals like rats, lizards, snakes, and birds prey on snails, even though they withdraw into their shell to protect themselves. Snails can be pests damaging crops as they eat fruits and leaves. They are active during the wet seasons and inactive, hiding in the soil during winters. They are energetic during nights and dawn and primarily rest during day time. The mucus of snails is also used to treat wrinkles, scars on the skin, and smoothening effect. It is amusing to know that in places like the UK, people organize snail races too! Garden snails can slide over the edge of a razor safely without harming themselves. They are famous for their incredibly slow pace and move at a 0.5 to 0.7 speed per second (0.012 -0.177 m/s). Snails have a muscular foot to move from one place to another, along with mucus that they secrete to slide on surfaces without friction and safely. Their olfactory organs are strong and help them find their food. Land snails cannot hear but have eyes and smell organs.

The life span of snails ranges from five to seven years, and the baby snails get ready to reproduce by about one year. Most snails are herbivores, with the land snails eating plants as well as animals and marine snails feed primarily on algae, with some of them also eating fish and invertebrates. Many consider the freshwater snail, which lives in rivers, lakes, etc., as the third type. There are two types of snails: land snails and marine snails, with populations outnumbering the land species. Some snails can grow as big as an adult hand. As they grow and get a calcium-rich diet, their shells tend to get hardened. The shell of the snails is the most beautiful part, and the baby snails are born with tender shells. They weigh between 0.06 to 0.1 lb (25 to 45 gm) and 0.28 to 2.8 in (0.7 to 7 cm) in size, the biggest being the Giant African snail which is about 4.72 in (12 cm). Snails are not insects but gastropods, and structurally, they are mollusks. There are about 60,000 species of snails, which evolved 500 million years ago! Wild snails have a life span of about three to seven years but can live up to 25 years in captivity. The strongest natural material on this planet can be found in the teeth of one of the species of marine snails, which can withstand extreme pressure that can turn carbon into diamonds. Most will probably survive and thrive though.The first thing that comes to our mind when we hear about snails, the slow snail's pace.ĭid you know they could even sleep for three years? Another interesting fact is that some species of snails can have even 20,000 teeth! If you leave it in the tank some tiny snails may get eaten if you have fish in the tank. Needless to say, without intervention on our part we can easily be overrun with snails. The biggest one had to have had at least 250 eggs. Most of the clutches she laid had well over a 100 eggs in it. I allowed one small clutch to hatch and ended up with 70 baby snails. I actually opened the container at least once a day to allow some fresh air in and to make sure the eggs clutch was still moist. Punch tiny holes in the lid on the container to allow some air to get in. If you want to allow one to hatch you can either just leave it where it was laid or you can remove it, put it in a container with a wet paper towel in it and they should hatch in a couple of weeks.

The good thing about mystery snail eggs is you can easily see and remove them. Keep in mind, each clutch of mystery snail eggs can have 100 or more eggs in each one. Do you mean the clutches of eggs or the snails after they have hatched? I am not sure what you mean about a safe way to separate them.

Mystery snail eggs