Snail

📖 In short

This animal is a snail without a shell, also called a slug. Its body is soft and slimy, and it crawls slowly over damp ground, leaving a shiny trail behind. On its head are two long feelers with eyes at the tips, and two short feelers it smells with.

🤩 Did you know?

The big grey slug can be more than 10 centimeters long.
Some slugs have a small flat shell hidden under their skin.
A slug moves very slowly and takes a long time to travel one meter.
The slug is a mollusk, like the snail and the octopus.

🔎 Find out more

🌟 Walking on slime

A slug makes a slimy substance called mucus that it glides along easily; it protects it from sharp things and helps it climb walls and plants.

🔍 It loves damp

A slug's body dries out very quickly, so it hides under stones and leaves by day and comes out at night or after rain.

💡 A tongue like a file

A slug has a rough tongue with thousands of tiny teeth that it uses to scrape and eat plant leaves. That's why gardeners don't like it: it eats lettuce and flowers.