Snails

__**SNAILS!!**

Common name:__ Snail(s) __Scientific name:__ Disambiguation

__Type:__ Invertebrate [Mollusk]

__Habitat:__ Forests, deserts, rivers, ponds, ditches, and all parts of the ocean.

__Range:__ Anywhere that has land, fresh water or saltwater.

__Physical characteristics:__ Soft body covered with a coiled shell (conical or tubular or no shell). Broad muscular organ called a foot. Has a head, with tentacles (or called feelers), eyes, and a mouth. The mouth has hard, tiny teeth called radula. Snails can live up to 1-20 years.

__Diet:__ Plant, algae, organic debris, living or dead animals. Maybe oysters or clams. Certain kind eat starfish or coral.

__Behavior and adaptations:__ Many land snails and shell-less marine snails have both sex organs, and may change from male to female.

__Reproduction:__ Land snails typically lay eggs in moist areas under rocks, or buried in sediment.

__Relationship with people:__ Many people consider the Helix garden snail a great delicacy. People do eat snails, but none of them are threatened. Snails have been eaten for thousands of years, beginning in the Pleistocene.

__Status:__ There are many types of snails, and a couple of them are endangered, like the Manus Island Tree Snail.

__History:__ One of the snails ancestors was the Snailegosaurus. They were present on our planet 200-300 million years ago. They were predacious. A bigger group of Snailegosaurus could kill even a //mammoth//. They were extremely dangerous as they had long pointed teeth and could //utter a shocking roar//.

__Sources:__
 * Wikispace Online.
 * http://www.milliondollarcomicspage.com/snail/
 * World Book 2004 (S-Sn) [parts by Robert S.]

__**OTHER:**__ A poem; Snake slide slip slither Over hard dry clay. Snake slide slip slither Hot hot day. Fish swim swish sway Through the murky way. Thish swim swish sway Deep deep bay. Bird fly flutter flit Through the open sky. Bird fly flutter flit Blue blue sky. -Sue Cochrane
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