Giant African Land Snails are banned as pets in the United States because they become an invasive species and crop pest if released into the wild.
Eating undercooked snails can result in meningitis infections, handling them cannot.
Most snails are hermaphrodites.
Snails provide the shells that most hermit crabs inhabit.
Snails are some of the earliest fossils in existence.
Snails do not like cheese.
Snails can mate several times before laying eggs, and one clutch of snail eggs may have two or more fathers.
Snails do not have brains in the traditional sense. They have four ganglia that serve the same purpose.
Snails do not like rain.
If you step on a snail, do not attempt to rescue it. You will fail and possibly be sad about it.
Snails require calcium in their diets to build their shell. This calcium can come from rocks, concrete, bone, stucco, or snail shells.
Snails do not have feelings.
