Im doing a school project and need to know how fast snails can move?
Well, mine move very slowly and take ages to do anything, but when I was asked this question last year I actually timed various Helix aspersa, or common garden snails, sliming across the kitchen table (yeah, it’s great fun in our house at weekends!!) I put the chosen 6 through their paces on a smooth formica table and the side of a plastic tank (smooth!). Details of snails as follows ( I used a variety of sizes for A, B and C, and three more evenly matched sizes for X, Y and Z): Snail: Shell size (across from point of shell to other side): A 2 cm B 0.75 cm C 0.5 cm X 2.5 cm Y 3 cm Z 2.5 cm Results are as follows: FLAT TABLE – distance travelled in 1 minute Snail A – 1st run = 8.5 cm, 2nd run = 5.5 cm Snail B – 1st run = 6.5 cm, 2nd run = 7 cm Snail C – 1st run = 4.5 cm, 2nd run = 9 cm Snail X – 1st run = 6 cm, 2nd run = 11 cm Snail Y – 1st run = didn’t move, 2nd run = 8 cm Snail Z – 1st run = 6.5 cm, 2nd run = 7.5 cm UP SIDE OF TANK – distance travelled in 1 minute Snail A – 1st run =
