snail
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The tiny snail also has a cone-shaped, nearly transparent shell, a delicate body without pigmentation, and long, slender tentacles.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Then we slowly snail pace across PCH, and go over Topanga Canyon to get back into the Valley.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
A rare snail found in just one lake in the UK started laying eggs on its six-hour journey from Wales to Kent, as a zoo joined a nationwide effort to save the species.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
With years of data showing that people will rent and watch just about anything, Netflix was free to make a home for all the bombs and duds that it previously offered via snail mail.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Just ahead of him, below a bush, a thrush was banging a snail down on to a flat stone to smash the shell.
From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill
The snails were seen feeding on diatoms, microscopic algae that grow on rock surfaces, and they also consumed fish food supplied by the researchers.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
Even when heavy seasonal rains increase the flow of water and occasionally wash a few snails out through the cave opening, they have not been observed in nearby streams.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 21, 2026
"If you lose garden snails, you lose the song thrush," she warned.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
They were the first invertebrates -- a broad group of animals including spiders, snails and worms -- shown to use celestial navigation for such long trips.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
I nearly jumped—I did not know the basket was full of live snails that Mama Joe sold.
From "Purple Hibiscus" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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