h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Night.. I hope you find your bed then!

Maybe the poor little snail is alone......so has bought itself a toy!

i'll get me coat

!!

Right, it wasn't a nervous twitch in my finger. I thought it may be something like that, which is why I tried again

Haven't found another one yet, but being honest, I've avoided the garden since finding out over the weekend that is is in fact the world Snail HQ .

Nobody's come across one before??

I have loads of snails in the garden....but you know, i've never been tempted to go around tapping them!!

cooking them yes, but tapping them no
only tempted mind you

That does sound very odd. And I do certainly hope the use of mobile phones hasn´t spread to the animal kingdom.

Hello there. I keep a lot of snails as pets. Perhaps I can solve your little mystery.

Land snails have two forms of defense: pulling themselves into their shells, and blowing bubbles. If they are really taken by surprise, they'll do both at the same time, for good measure. As a result, the bubbles hit the inside of the shell before oozing out, causing a vibrating sound and sensation. Depending on how far inside its shell the surprised snail has managed to pull itself, the sound can resemble anything from a mobile phone to a wet fart.

As for the wasps, I'm pretty sure they lay their eggs in caterpillars and not snails. So you're safe to continue picking up snails. When you do, take a few moments to admire their beauty.

I kinda likd the idea of a snail with a mobile, ringing his mates, as he was being tapped!!

Yes.. That would have been sooooo

Come on, a thread about vibrating snails I had to turn up......




¦---{as for using mobiles, snails like me aint got the money mate, what with the rise in
¦property prices you gotta look after the shell}
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Aaaaah but mobile homes are far cheaper than the fixed down sort.....and you get to move around aswell!!

* _@_'-' shakes its head at Venus*

_@_'-' - {have you seen mobile phone prices recently? as well as bills
and bird protection? no thanks! }

On the other hand 'snail mail' is just toooooo slow!
and with the decline in thrushes, surely the bird protection has come down somewhat?

_@_'-' - (probably}

for a snail your kinda cute....do you like garlic?

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'Walks after the snail' Hey don't go!!....i was'nt gonna eat ya!!
'offers lettuce leaf'

I didn't know that snails had pants.

B

Fabulous!!