If not how do they eat?
2006-09-18 06:05:05 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
They have a rasping tongue thing!
2006-09-18 06:06:32 · answer #1 · answered by nerdy_grrlie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a specialized structure called a radula that has rows of teeth that point backwards, it works like a tongue and rasps away at food and serve as a conveyor belt carrying food particles towards the digestive tract.
2006-09-18 13:08:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They have a specialized structure called a radula that has rows of teeth that point backwards, it works like a tongue and rasps away at food and serve as a conveyor belt carrying food particles towards the digestive tract.
2006-09-18 13:07:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Snails are part of the Phylum Molluska (soft-bodied), Class Gastropoda (stomach-foot). It can be said that they "Eat on the run", since they move by extending their stomach and attach it to something, and then retract their stomach to move their body. Anything they pick up along the way is lunch.
2006-09-20 13:45:54 · answer #4 · answered by Amphibolite 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi
Yes, they have a specially modified tongues called a radula, it is filled with a substance which is known as chitin and it works by dragging the tongue along the surface and rasping at the material underneath almost like a conveyor belt. Its quite neat!
2006-09-21 10:51:46 · answer #5 · answered by TT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
snails have somthing called radula in its mouth, used for grinding up its food. its like a rough tongue like a file with rows of tiny teeth, which it uses to scrape off leaves and flowers to eat. they also chew on fruits and young plant bark.
hope that solves mystery
2006-09-18 13:19:51 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They've got feelings too and very good hearing - be careful what you say about them
2006-09-18 13:16:01 · answer #7 · answered by zoomjet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I aint offering them a bite of my sandwich to find out.
2006-09-21 15:30:17 · answer #8 · answered by Princess415 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put a piece of a leave on your finger and see what happends...
2006-09-18 13:10:43 · answer #9 · answered by tanja 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what a great question! yes i think they have teeth!
2006-09-18 14:22:37 · answer #10 · answered by xxx sara xxx 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of them yes(indian piton I think)
They swalow
2006-09-18 13:14:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋