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A snail is a small animal that carries its house on its back. Because it takes its house everywhere, a snail has never once been locked out, never left the oven on and never been more than a few millimetres from home.[1]
Snails see using eyes on the ends of stalks, which give them an excellent, raised view of very little happening very slowly.
The phrase “at a snail's pace” is not an official unit of speed. The International Bureau of Measures has been considering adopting it since 1972, and says it expects to reach a decision at a snail's pace.[2]
Snail races are timed with a stopwatch, and, for the longer events, a calendar.
Snails come out after rain. They are not sure why everyone else goes in.
As a snail grows, its shell grows with it, so a snail never has to move house. It is the only animal to have solved the property market entirely, and it did so by being slow enough that nobody noticed.[3]