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How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?

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How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« on: 17/09/2008 20:41:07 »
How and where do snails produce their slimeΣ [???]. Freddy would really like to know. [^]
« Last Edit: 19/09/2008 22:40:37 by chris »
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #1 on: 17/09/2008 20:43:43 »
Snails have mucous glands that produce their slime to keep their bodies from losing water and to aid in movement.

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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #2 on: 18/09/2008 00:31:55 »
They have dull sex organs!
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #3 on: 18/09/2008 01:06:14 »
Suppose...for instance, there was a person you did not like...ermmm...well i would not reccomend popping a snail on their windscreen and letting it roam around all night, it would be nigh on impossible for them to remove the slime and just may give them a rather bad day.

Obviously we would not do things like that, even to people we don't like...
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #4 on: 18/09/2008 01:08:57 »
it looks like the mucous gland exits through the genital pore. Interesting, I thought they had secretion gland along the underside of their bodies, but it looks like one exit point.. I guess that's why the snail lifts it's 'head' section up caterpillar style, when it moves.


Anyone know the best way to get rid of the slime? After it dries it sticks like nothing else known to man.. and getting it up off the floor takes ages.
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #5 on: 18/09/2008 01:11:02 »
LOL  Paul and I were posting at the same time.. now at least I know who has been putting snails in my yard.
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #6 on: 18/09/2008 01:19:30 »
Quote from: JnA on 18/09/2008 01:11:02
LOL  Paul and I were posting at the same time.. now at least I know who has been putting snails in my yard.

Ha Ha, so we were.
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #7 on: 18/09/2008 02:31:31 »
That snail trick on the car window is ace !...does the same apply to slugs ?

LOL...I'm also laughing cos I'm posting at the exact same time as myself !
   *sorry...I'm just having one of those extended waking lengths of times silly moments*
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #8 on: 18/09/2008 03:04:44 »
Quote from: Make it  Lady on 18/09/2008 00:31:55
They have dull sex organs!

They have more genitalia than you or I, unless you are a hermaphrodite.
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« Reply #9 on: 18/09/2008 08:46:55 »
Quote from: Make it  Lady on 18/09/2008 00:31:55
They have dull sex organs!

And peculiar bums - how do they scratch their backsides?
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #10 on: 18/09/2008 09:50:52 »
Quote from: RD on 18/09/2008 03:04:44
Quote from: Make it  Lady on 18/09/2008 00:31:55
They have dull sex organs!

They have more genitalia than you or I, unless you are a hermaphrodite.

Hmmm could be fun, lets face it you are hardly likely to say to yourself "I've got a headache". Unless, of course, you have got a headache, in which case, you wouldn't want to do anything yourself anyway.

I think I need to mull that one over myself!!!
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Re: How do snails produce their slime trail (snail-trail!) ?
« Reply #11 on: 18/09/2008 16:08:54 »
Quote from: JnA on 18/09/2008 01:08:57
it looks like the mucous gland exits through the genital pore. Interesting, I thought they had secretion gland along the underside of their bodies, but it looks like one exit point.. I guess that's why the snail lifts it's 'head' section up caterpillar style, when it moves.


Anyone know the best way to get rid of the slime? After it dries it sticks like nothing else known to man.. and getting it up off the floor takes ages.

Actually, they have mucous glands all over their body, much like our sweat glands. The picture just doesn't show that very well.
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