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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
WTF is that thing?
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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus
A jumping snail!
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A while back I was in the garden and I was like, watching this snail, right? (I probably don't need to add,
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Anyway, the little fella was climbing up a dead leaf on the lawn. It stretched its body long, out of its shell, and put its front end at the end of the leaf, anchored the front, released the back, and then retracted itself, drawing its whole body substantially forward. It was rather like how an inchworm moves.
As well as for doing this for rough terrain, I can imagine that a snail would do this on dry dusty terrain to minimise the amount of slime it must produce. That would account for the trail in Lamplighter's photo.
Or it's a nightclub snail tripping on speed.