SNAILS

1. food

1.1. cooked with garlic and butter and served in the shell

1.1.1. think there's a special utensil for holding shell when eating

2. books

2.1. the sound of a wild snail eating

3. pests in the garden

3.1. love silverbeet and beans

3.1.1. love rainy weather

4. Controlled by:

4.1. Ducks

5. Prey to:

5.1. Birds

5.2. Lizards

5.3. Toads

6. ecology

6.1. habitat

6.1.1. moist

6.1.2. hibernates using hyperculum

6.2. distribution

6.3. life cycle

6.3.1. takes up to 2 years to reach maturity

6.3.2. Can live between 5 to 10 years, some live up to 15 years

6.4. diet

6.4.1. mostly herbivores

6.4.2. detritivores

6.5. reproduction

6.5.1. Hermaphrodite

6.5.2. Lays eggs

6.6. characteristics

6.6.1. radula (thousands of tiny teeth)

6.6.2. foot and shell

6.6.3. hyperculum

6.6.4. eyes

6.6.4.1. New node

6.6.5. hermaphrodite

6.6.6. mucus