How Does A Snail Move

Movement In Snail

The snail is a very slow-moving animal. Like an earthworm, a snail too has a liquid skeleton.
Snails have a shell, inside which they can hide to protect themselves from the heat of the sun and enemies . The shell is the outer skeleton, but it is not made of bones. They also have a pair of tentacles that bear eyes at the tips.

Snails move using a muscular organ called the foot. The foot produces a slimy substance called mucous. The snail actually crawls on the layer of mucous. The sticky mucous reduces the friction between the foot and the ground (or any other surface) by offering a smoother surface to crawl on and thus enabling the snail to move on a variety of surfaces.

The muscular foot produces wave-like movements that push the snail’s body forward. A trail of mucous is left behind when the snail crawls.

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