Life Cycle Of A Snail

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Life Cycle Of A Snail
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STAGE 1

• Snails are hermaphrodites, which means they have
  both male and female parts. Snails mate in warm,
  humid areas. To mate they come together and
  exchange slime, then move about and come together
  again and entwine. Sperm is exchanged when the
  sexual organs are in direct contact, they
  fertilize each others eggs.

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STAGE 2

• Snails lay 50-100 eggs. These eggs are laid in
  topsoil, under leaves,at the roots of plants or
  at the base of a tree.

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STAGE 3

• The baby snails hatch in 15-30 days and are tiny
  replicas of their parents.

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STAGE 4

• Snails are nocturnal, which means they sleep
  during the day and wake at night to eat. They eat
  mostly plants but do eat creatures smaller then
  themselves. Snails leave a slime trail of silver
  behind them.

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STAGE 5

• Snails hibernate in winter. They hibernate in
  compost, soft soil or heaps of wood.The food they
  have consumed during summer, spring and autumn
  sustain them through winter.

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STAGE 6

• They grow to adult size in about 3-4 years.Their
  shell colouring and nocturnal habits all help it
  to hide and protect its self from predators
  such as the rat, mole, hedgehog and birds.