Snails have a distinct head with a pair of tentacles that can go
in and out of its body. An eye is located at the base of each tentacle. Under the
tentacles is the mouth. Inside the mouth there is a tongue that acts like a saw. It shreds
the snails' food. Snails eat mostly plants. Sometimes they eat dead animals. Fish and some
birds eat snails.
Snails and slugs move by gliding along on a muscular
"foot." This muscle leaves behind mucus, which later dries to form the silvery
"slime trail".
