**Species Overview**: The garden snail (_Cornu aspersum_) is the most popular species for pet snails in the U.S., with a lifespan of 2 to 3 years and a shell size up to 1.625 inches. **Basic Care**: ...

Pet snails require minimal space and maintenance, making them ideal for those seeking a low-maintenance pet. Snails are mostly active during nighttime and require specific environmental conditions, ...

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When walking to work the other day, I spotted a small snail crossing the sidewalk just before I stepped on it. I picked it up (it immediately withdrew into its shell) and kept walking, keeping an eye ...

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If parcels arrived in the early weeks of the lockdown, the wariness with which we collected them off the doorstep — fingertips tented, sweat on brow — arose not only out of a fear of surfaces teeming ...