Learn about Slugs and Snails

Bugs/ Invertebrates
Written By Kim Manunui

Can you tell the difference between slugs and snails?

Learn about these wonderful slimy creatures below:

Jessi and Squeaks look at some amazing creatures that they found in their garden: snails and slugs! ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it?...

Snails play an important role in calcium cycling by consuming calcium sources and using it to strengthen their shell. When they are eaten by other creatures further up the food chain this calcium is again recycled by another individual.

Snails and slugs also play a small role in the break down of organic matter in the environment (decomposition). They do this by feeding on a variety of organic matter, and recycling this into soil.

giant Carnivorous land snails

We have some very unique snails in Aotearoa- the Kauri snail. They like to suck worms up like spaghetti and shred their food with over 6000 teeth!

When the air itself becomes saturated and the temperature is just right, rare giants start to emerge. Armed with 6 thousand teeth to shred its prey, the Powe...

Learn more about Aotearoa’s native snails and slugs HERE.

Kim Manunui

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I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

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