How To Build Little Doors Inside Your Shell: The Secrets of Snail Carpentry - Polidicks

[IMG]http://media.npr.org/chrome/news/npr-home.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://media.npr.org/branding/blogs/krulwich/branding_main-0e72221996f60938fa270827030ce3005bf786bf.png[/IMG] [QUOTE]"I am going to withdraw from the world," says a snail in Hans Christian Andersen's tale The Snail and the Rosebush. "Nothing that happens there is any concern of mine." [B]...[/B][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/09/03/snail1_custom-e82eeb68551514e8f59421df0c6b1130b84bf61d-s40-c85.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]In the fall, snails get cold. They sense the days getting shorter so they prepare for what's coming. You'd expect them to, of course, but it's how they do it that surprised me. Until I read Elizabeth Tova Bailey's new snail book, I hadn't a clue. They begin by slipping into their shells ... [B]...[/B][/QUOTE] [B]Read the rest here:[/B] [url]http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/09/03/218521175/how-to-build-little-doors-inside-your-shell-the-secrets-of-snail-carpentry[/url]

I'm not sure if this counts as news...

Junji Ito has forever ruined snails for me.

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Snails have hearts?!

[t]http://imgkk.com/i/-j_f.jpg[/t] Nice job making me feel even more guilty next time I step on a snail

[QUOTE=Zenreon117;42067861]Snails have hearts?![/QUOTE] Yes but not like our hearts. Our hearts operate a closed circuit system, it pumps blood down tubes to supply the body. Insects don't have blood vessels, instead the fluid that gives them oxygen, nutrients and such just flows freely though the body and isn't confined. An insect heart pumps this and circulates it. Think of it as like an aquarium pump.

[QUOTE=ViralHatred;42067976]Yes but not like our hearts. Our hearts operate a closed circuit system, it pumps blood down tubes to supply the body. Insects don't have blood vessels, instead the fluid that gives them oxygen, nutrients and such just flows freely though the body and isn't confined. An insect heart pumps this and circulates it. Think of it as like an aquarium pump.[/QUOTE] It also means that tipping them upside down for too long will kill them.

[QUOTE=Daniel Smith;42067687]I'm not sure if this counts as news...[/QUOTE] Sorry for posting something interesting that was from a news site that's different from the usual shit in SH. I won't do it again sorry.

[QUOTE=ViralHatred;42067976]Yes but not like our hearts. Our hearts operate a closed circuit system, it pumps blood down tubes to supply the body. Insects don't have blood vessels, instead the fluid that gives them oxygen, nutrients and such just flows freely though the body and isn't confined. An insect heart pumps this and circulates it. Think of it as like an aquarium pump.[/QUOTE] Snails aren't insects at all, though. Mollusks, including snails, have hearts (Or many hearts, in the case of cephalopods) [editline]3rd September 2013[/editline] On a more ontopic note, the drawings on the article are lovely, they remind of something my best friend would draw.

[QUOTE=Jorori;42068133]Snails aren't insects at all, though. Mollusks, including snails, have hearts (Or many hearts, in the case of cephalopods) [editline]3rd September 2013[/editline] On a more ontopic note, the drawings on the article are lovely, they remind of something my best friend would draw.[/QUOTE] I never really paid too much attention, all I know is that they're not overly a pest for my Rhubarb plant, that it's the slugs that do most of the damage to it.

[QUOTE=smurfy;42067941][t]http://imgkk.com/i/-j_f.jpg[/t] Nice job making me feel even more guilty next time I step on a snail[/QUOTE] Not anymore! [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTV23B5gBsQ[/media]

[QUOTE=ViralHatred;42068272]I never really paid too much attention, all I know is that they're not overly a pest for my Rhubarb plant, that it's the slugs that do most of the damage to it.[/QUOTE] But aren't slugs just shell-less snails? (Please correct me if I am wrong!)

[QUOTE=matt000024;42071894]But aren't slugs just shell-less snails? (Please correct me if I am wrong!)[/QUOTE] Essentially, yes. There are smaller differences but they don't matter too much.

[QUOTE=smurfy;42067941][t]http://imgkk.com/i/-j_f.jpg[/t] Nice job making me feel even more guilty next time I step on a snail[/QUOTE] What kind of sick person would step on a snail?

[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;42072468]What kind of sick person would step on a snail?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't be able to do it on purpose. That horrible crack, eugh.

So humans aren't the only manscapers

snails are bros. Slugs on the other hand. man if you see one you should kill it or he and his family will eat your entire garden! don't step on them though! if he's full of eggs you might actually spread his legacy around as the eggs get stuck in between your sole pattern!