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Where do snails usually live and where can they be caught?

The snail Tongshishouluan often lives in ponds, paddy fields, streams or ditches, and can be caught in these places;

The main feeding organ of river snails is the radula, which is used to scrape the bottom and attached food. River snails have a mixed diet. In the natural environment, they mainly eat tender stems and leaves of aquatic plants, algae, bacteria and organic debris, etc. They also filter plankton and like to move and feed at night.

They have strong adaptability to drought and cold. When the water temperature is below 8℃, the snails will hibernate in mud burrows. They will not come out of their burrows to move around and feed until the water temperature rises to around 15℃ in the next spring.

Additional information:

Farming

Keep the pond water fresh and plant water plants or water lilies in the pond for snails to inhabit. In summer, plant vines and fruits by the pond to provide shade for snails. Check the field foundation for leaks or rat holes. It is strictly forbidden to discharge domestic sewage, pesticides, and fertilizer wastewater directly into the pond.

Since field snails like to climb, it is best to use a fine mesh to make a reverse escape-proof net on the field. For daily feeding, you can feed them fermented organic fertilizers, such as chicken, duck, pig, and cattle manure, etc. You can also feed them fresh vegetable leaves, melons, etc.

Adjust the feeding amount according to the growth and feeding conditions of the snails. The rapid growth period of the snails is 4 months. The growth and development is fastest and the yield is the highest from May to September each year.

Snails generally grow in areas with soft soil, abundant food, fresh water, warm winter and cool summer, or gather in places with small water flow. For example, they are widely distributed in freshwater lakes, reservoirs, rice fields, ponds and ditches throughout my country.

Snails are cold-resistant but afraid of heat. The most suitable growth temperature is 25℃. They will stop eating when the water temperature is lower than 15℃ or higher than 30℃. They will burrow into the mud when the water temperature is lower than 10℃ and will be scalded to death when the water temperature exceeds 40℃. Snails have a mixed diet and like to move and eat at night. They can reproduce naturally.

Morphological characteristics

The shell is made of calcium, thin, spiral, right-handed. The shell is yellow-green to yellow-brown in color, and the color varies depending on the environment and water quality. The inside is grayish white, the top of the shell is slightly pointed, the bottom of the shell is swollen, the shell mouth is oval, and its edges are complete and keratinized.

It is divided into three parts: head, foot and visceral sac. The mantle covers the entire visceral sac. Under normal living conditions, the head and foot of the snail extend out of the shell.

The head is cylindrical, with a protruding snout at the front, the mouth is located on the front ventral side of the snout, and there is a pair of long tentacles on both sides of the base of the snail. The two tentacles of female snails are symmetrical, while the two tentacles of male snails are asymmetrical, with the right tentacle being short and thick and curled into a copulatory organ. There is a black eye spot on the outer protrusion of the base of each tentacle.

Snails usually live in ponds, paddy fields, streams or ditches. In recent years, some places have developed artificial breeding to meet people's needs. Snails are not big and have little meat. The real muscles are only the head and feet sticking out of the snail mouth. Therefore, when eating snails, we only eat the meat and discard the internal organs.

Snails are ovoviviparous, with eggs fertilized in the female's oviduct and developing into small snails before they are born. At the turn of spring and summer, snails are usually pregnant, so there is a saying that "three-month snails are full of snails". Only after June or July, when the snails' breeding season is over, do they slowly grow fat. Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, snails are at their plumpest, and you won't feel disappointed when you eat them because you have a belly full of small snails.

Snails have high nutritional value. According to analysis, every 100 grams of snail meat contains 18.2 grams of protein, 0.6 grams of fat, and also contains carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins and other nutrients. The calcium content is particularly high.

Snails are also a kind of medicinal animal. According to records, snail meat is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat, improving eyesight, diuresis, and relieving stranguria. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says that "snail can clear dampness and heat, quench thirst and sober up, and promote urination and defecation; it can treat beriberi and jaundice." Based on the fact that snails can "clear dampness and heat, promote urination", people often use them to treat urinary problems, jaundice, otitis media, hemorrhoids, etc. However, because snails are cold in nature, people with spleen and stomach deficiency should not eat too much.

When buying snails, choose large, round ones with thin shells, with the vesicles completely retracted, the shells light green, no damage, no meat spilling out, and they feel heavy when weighed.

Female snails are particularly plump after giving birth, so it is best to choose this type of snail when buying. The method of selection can be observed by observing the antennae of the snail. The left and right antennae of the female are the same size and extend forward; the right antennae of the male are thicker and shorter than the left antennae, and the end is bent inward to the right.

Be careful to choose live snails. The snails available on the market are inevitably mixed with dead and alive. When selecting, you can press lightly on the cover with your little finger tip. If it is elastic, it is a live snail, otherwise it is a dead snail.

According to the different origins of snails, there are thin-shell snails, saltwater snails, pond snails, flower snails, etc. Among them, the thin-shell snails are particularly plump and delicate, with delicious taste, and are the best choice among snails.

Most snails live in lakes, streams, ponds, swamps, paddy fields and slow-flowing ditches. They like to hide in an environment with soft and moist soil, abundant bait, warm winters and cool summers.

In the dry season, it will completely retract its soft body into the shell to reduce water evaporation; in the cold winter, it will burrow into the soil and not eat or move, hibernating in a dome-shaped state. When the spring warms up and the temperature rises to a level suitable for its activities, it will stretch its head and feet out of the shell and crawl.

The most suitable growth temperature for it is 20-26 degrees, at which time it feeds most vigorously and grows fastest. When the water temperature rises to 30 degrees, it stops eating. It is not resistant to high temperatures, but it is very cold-resistant. In the cold season, it will dig a hole to hibernate.

Field snails mainly feed on the debris of small animals or plants that reproduce at the bottom of the water, and decayed organic matter. To catch field snails, you can just go to the rice fields, where you should be able to find them.

Is this snail a golden snail?

I looked at it. It should be a golden snail. Your snail should not be big, about 2 cm. The color will become darker when it is bigger. The golden snails here are more expensive, and a 2 cm one costs 5-6 yuan.