蜗牛Creeping_Land_Snails.pdfVIP

Taking It Slow The snail is one of the slowest animals in the world. Some snails can creep only about 2 inches (5 cm) in 1 minute. At that rate, it would take them about 22 days to travel 1 mile (1.6 km). Many people could easily walk that far in 22 minutes.  More than 30,000 kinds of snails live on land. Even more kinds live in oceans, lakes, ponds, and other bodies of water.  Heading Out long tentacles for seeing As a snail creeps slowly along, it carries its shell on its back. The shell protects the animal’s soft, boneless body. The snail’s head sticks out of an opening in the front of the shell. On top of its head are two long tentacles with tiny eyes at the ends. The snail can wave the tentacles around to see where it’s going. short tentacles A snail’s head also has two shorter tentacles. for feeling and They are used for smelling feeling and smelling.  shell eyes  One Big Foot A snail has only one foot. It is attached to the animal’s head! When a snail sticks its head out of its shell, its foot comes out, too. The snail uses its foot to creep along the ground—very slowly. The bottom of a snail’s foot is called the sole—just like the bottom of a