Origin
The snail (Achatinoidea) carries its house on its back. By this it differs from other mollusks. Gastropods (the genus of the snail) have a shell like a long cone, twisted in a spiral, inside which are the insides; in the shell hides the whole animal, when the circumstances force it.
Numerous snails, sort of, are mostly in the waters of the seas and oceans. There are some as big as a trampoline. Their shells are kind of colorful, kind of made up. Not infrequently they come through our houses as adornment, like a Murex, with the outside only thorns; while inside it shines like mother of Pearl.
Better known is the Snowdrop, used by gypsies to guess. In the Black Sea live numerous but small forms.
Instead it is known the living snail, whose shells are found everywhere. This animal breathes through the lungs, but still likes more moisture. When he walks, slowly like any snail, he takes out of hiding the said Shell a head with 4 horns, then the muscular leg with the help of which he glides on a bridge that puts it alone in the way.
The sole of the foot contains many acorns that secrete some droppings; in contact with the air, they harden like a thin, shiny canvas, after which you often track the animal in its hiding place in the grass. In this way, the snail can pass over the sharpness of a razor without making any cuts.
Snail poetry
Slug, codobelc snail
Take out horns bouresti
Take you to the pond,
And I'll give you hot water,
And take you to the Danube,
And give you muddy water,
And you climb on a log,
To eat ... lovage
Snail Feed
The snail is greedy. Haceeste leaves with the help of small teeth, on the palate and on the lower lip, gathered together as a grater. If you put snails in paper, overnight you hear in the silence of the room how they gnaw it like mice. Towards the autumn he is looking for a roost; he plunges something into the ground through the mossy places, drags himself into his house and closes it with a lid. He lies so hidden, without moving; he breathes slowly, his heart beats rarely until the spring days come again. It is in great honor, in the French especially; it is sought after as a tasty food. they are also brought to us, but the custom is restricted only to those who imitate foreignness even in this direction.
Food from snails is considered a delicacy, especially for the fact that it is extremely nutritious. For potential breeders we can tell indicative that the export price for one kilogram of live snails is 4 euros, this given that, for 2,000 square meters of culture, the minimum initial investment is around 7,000 euros.
On average, from 2,000 square meters, a producer can obtain an income of about 20,000 euros per year.
Snail Features
1. Shell 13. Genital pore
2. Liver 14. Penis
3. Lung 15. Vagina
4. Anus 16. Mucous gland
5. Breathing pore 17. Oviduct
6. Eyes 18. Arrow Bag
7. Tentacle 19. Foot
8. Brain ganglia 20. Stomach
9. Salivary duct 21. Kidney
10. Mouth 22. Manta
11. Goiter 23. Heart
12. Salivary gland 24. Vas deferens
There was a time when they were cultivated, namely, in gardens fenced with dense wire, they fed on lettuce, vegetables specially grown for them and did the work, because every year they were consumed in large quantities. Only from a village in southern Germany in a year (1908) 4 million snails were sent to Paris.
The living snail is large, with a grey shell. His nations (Helix) are out-of-the-way numerous. Their smaller shells, with rusty, orange brie, are found everywhere, in gardens, in meadows, etc.
Often on the side of the roads in the dense forests you stop in place a snail naked everywhere and black as the fuel of the eye who knows where. He crawls on the deck of lucie and moves quietly, as if he does not care about the enemies. He can't even be afraid, even if he's in everyone's way. If a dog, who-1 sees for the first time; thinking that it is a good piece to taste, he wants to take-1 in his mouth, he quickly throws it away, with twists that show disgust. He'll tell all the dogs not to put their mouths on this empty slug.
His worst enemy is the sun. It avoids the burn, running in the shade of the often leafy. The sun dries it and-1 kills. Precisely because of his daring to show himself big day on the sides of beaten roads, or because of his color, in the old days was an animal sought after by the sorcerers and dofters of the villages.
Finely chopped; like raw cow meat, it went against the pain; put on a bulge, it was believed to cure it; warts fall off if anointed with mucilaginous substance, hot, covering the body. Today he is left alone by the people. One of his kin (Limax) is the nuisance of the gardeners.
It's still long, naked everywhere, except for a thin shell like a long bonnet that has it on its back. Slugs attack especially lettuce leaves, doing great damage in the vegetable gardens. Their Trace is known from the round holes cut into the leaves, as opposed to the traces of the caterpillars, which eat the leaf from the stripe.
In the day they do not see; they sit in the shade, under the leaves, under the stones. As soon as he inserts, slowly grab to the vegetable gardens. They multiply out of the way, so they can become dangerous to human labor. You defend against them by making lime dust around the layers or bringing into the garden a few duck Frogs, their natural enemies.
They eat them mercilessly. In this way, the nature police are useful. On land there are other smaller snails, with varied shapes. More numerous forms are found in ponds, lakes, where there is clear water and there are puddle weeds. The most recognizable is Planorbis, after the shell spun like a coil, not in The Shape of a cone, as in the other snails.
It's a sought-after ornament for aquariums. They climb slowly on the trunks of water plants, because they breathe through the lungs; they have to come to the water fault to take oxygen from the air. His companion in the ponds is Limnaea, with a large conch, twisted in ... spiral, wide at the mouth, narrowed at the tip, but so thin that it is transparent.
It gives pleasure to the student who puts it in the aquarium, because it does not stand still. Especially interesting it is, when it slides on the surface of the water. He seems to be skating with his body down.
Snail Breeding
Although they have both male and female reproductive organs, they must mate with Snails of the same species before laying eggs.
Some snails may behave as males in one season and as females in another. Others play the role of being fertile simultaneously.
When the snail is sufficiently developed, which can take years, mating occurs in late spring or early summer. Sometimes there is a second mating. In tropical climates mating can occur several times a year.
In other climates snails can mate around October and a second time every 2 weeks.
After mating, snails can retain sperm for up to 1 year, but normally lay eggs within a few weeks.
