JOURNAL OF SLOW INVERTEBRATES

THE EFFECTS OF SNAILS BEING LOST ON FINDING THEIR WAY HOME ¹²
Department of Invertabrates Maui University

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of snails being lost on finding their way home. 102 snails were places 30 yards from their home rock. They were divided into two groups a control group (Stayed under home rock). And an experimental group (Placed in an unfamiliar placed 30 yards away.
At the end of three days, twenty-six hours, eighty-two minutes, and seventy-six seconds, the S’s that stayed under their home rock moved twelve feet west to another rock. In the experimental group twenty-eight stated under the closest rock, twelve were mowed over, nine ate my tomatoes one returned to it’s home rock and one died of loneliness.

A. INTRODUCTION

Snails belong to the phylum spineless. This group of comrades comes out at night to eat my tomatoes.
They live in moist areas and have shells. It is believed if a snail loses it’s it will find it’s way home. Empirical studies have substantiated these beliefs in part. Freely (1) found that snails move slow. Twitelman (2) found that snails have a homing device implanted into there brain by the government that causes them to migrate to their home rocks. Somebritishguy (3) found that snails taste good and that rocks are hard. Armyvsnavy (4) found that moist are damp and that they attract things.
These studies suggest that by taking snail from their home rock and placing them into an unfamiliar area, they’ll will migrate back to their home rock, before three days twenty-six hours eighty-two minutes and seventy-six seconds. The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of snails being lost on finding there way home.

B. METHOD

1. Subjects

S’s were male and female (We think, how can you tell?) The S’s were from ages .00000001 to five years old, the S’s were all found in my back yard.

2. Measuring Instruments

A. Yard Stick. This was used to determined the distance from their home rock to were the snail were placed.
B. Slime smafertor. This was used to take a sample of the slime and determine what direction the snails went, with your eyes.
C. A pen. This was used to write down the data.

3. Procedure

During 1987 (I can’t remember). I took some snails from under a rock and put them in a jar.
The S’s that participated in this experiment were randomly a singed into one of two groups by throwing them into the air. Which ever landed on there shells were in the control group, and the ones that didn’t were in the experimental group. The experimental group was placed away from their home rock. They were placed in ways similar to the football plans shown by Maden (5). We measured the thirty yards with our yard stick. Each day we used the slime smafertor to determine where the S’s went. Then we used our pen to write the data down.
At the end of three days twenty-six hours eighty-two minutes and seventy-six seconds we determined were the S’s were by using the slime smafertor.

4. Analysis

We found that sails don’t care were they live as long as it’s moist. This was a waste of time.

C. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Fallowing the tree day twenty-six hours eighty-two minutes and seventy-six second program the experimental group died or went somewhere else. Thus proving that snails can’t find thier way home when they are lost. Further studies might explore if slugs find there way home if their lost or if snails can live without shells.

REFERENCES

1.Freely, I. P. The New Way. New York: Holster Makers, 1986.
2.Twitelman, L. O. Government Lies. Can’t Say: 1984.
3.Somebritishguy N. P. Good Food and Hard Things. New York: Happy Books, 1975.
4.Armyvsnavy A. N. Bad Football Games. Jacksonville: Loser Schools,1969.
5.Maden J. A. Football Plans. New York:NFL Live,1985.
6.Holland B. Effect of Fogs Being Lost On Finding Their Way Home. Res. Quart,1987 36, 456-456.
Ben Holland
45 Billionare Bulavard
Killer CA ## 05678

¹ Received in the editorial office on 29 of February 1987, and published when we got to it at Holyville Kansas. Copyright by the journal of slow invetabrites.

² This experiment was supported in part by National Welfare Association granted to Ben Holland by Maui University.

³ Requests for eprints should be sent to the second auther at the address shown at the end of this are artical.

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