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Snails do not shed their shell their shell is apart of their body. A snail shell will grow with the snail. I currently have 3 snails but in spring i hope they breed! I know they dont need to mate but the type i have do.. ;) i hope i helped good luck if u have a snail... ;)
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agoYes, snails make their own shells. They have to expand them as they grow to accommodate their increasing size. Use the link below to check facts and gather more information.
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∙ 16y agoWell, I thought my snail was dead when I saw it out of the shell but it was not dead.So they do come out of their shells.
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∙ 15y agoWhen snails die, they shrivel up and therefore, come out of their shells.
This is why you only see empty shells and not snails on their own - they get eaten by birds.
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∙ 14y agoNo they get out of their shells and find new ones so yes kind of like shedding their shells.
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∙ 10y agoNo, they add to the existing shell, as land-snails do, and so enlarge the shell as the snail's body grows.
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∙ 14y agoSnails do not change their shell.
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∙ 16y agoyes they do !
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∙ 13y agoi do not no
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How are the snails and slugs different from each other?
snails have shells slugs don't it is obvious
How long does it take fora snil to build a new shell?
Snails dont rebuild their shells. I used to think that slugs were just snails without shells, but without their shells, snails die. Their bodies are sort of connected to the shells.
Do snails come out of their eggs with a shell?
Baby snails do not find empty shells, in fact, they are born with clear, soft shells. The shells harden as the snail consumes calcium and they start with the egg shell they hatched from. The shell grows with the snail and the inner circle of the shell is the shell the snail was born with.
How are snails recognized?
Their shells?
Do snails eat their shells?
no
How do snails get their shells?
They grow them.
What did snails evolve from?
shells.
Are snails invertibrates?
Yes, snails have really hard shells.
Do snails live with out there shells?
The snails shell is part of its body
What protetcts sea snails?
see snails also have shells
What do snails have but slugs don't have?
Snails have shells and slugs don't.
Do Snail Shells Expand?
snails shed their shells and find new shells
