• Question: How do snails make there shells?

    Asked by snailslime to Charlotte, Jo, Kevin, Louise, Valeria on 18 Jun 2012.
    • Photo: Joanna Cruden

      Joanna Cruden answered on 18 Jun 2012:

      Snails are born with tissue which can be built up into a shell using calcium from what they eat, they release a liquid which hardens up to form a shell.

      A bit like us making up cement for our own houses I guess!

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