Jane Welsh Carlyle

I have lived so long among people who do not understand me, been so long accustomed to refrain and disguise myself for fear of being laughed at, that I have grown as difficult to come at as a snail in a shell; and what is worse, I cannot come out of my shell when I wish it.

Scottish Writer

Graham Elliot

I think that for me, growing up, my dad was in the Navy; we went all over the world. I love things the weirder the better. The idea I could eat things like snails or frogs legs or things like that was mind-blowingly cool.

American Chef

Heidi Klum

Sometimes random things that you wouldn't think mean anything mean so much to them. With kids, you can say, 'Let's go pick some flowers' or 'There's a snail. Let's investigate that.

German Model

Sharyl Attkisson

A wiretap allows government agents to collect, listen to, read, rifle through and store emails, snail mail, phone calls, text messages, photographs, bank records - you name it.

American Journalist

James Stephens

We get wise by asking questions, and even if these are not answered, we get wise, for a well-packed question carries its answer on its back as a snail carries its shell.

Irish Poet

Harriet Beecher Stowe

A man builds a house in England with the expectation of living in it and leaving it to his children; we shed our houses in America as easily as a snail does his shell.

American Author

Ivan Turgenev

Time sometimes flies like a bird, sometimes crawls like a snail; but a man is happiest when he does not even notice whether it passes swiftly or slowly.

Russian Novelist

Billy Collins

I learned snails don't have ears. They live in silence. They go slowly. Slowly, slowly in silence.

American Poet

Wole Soyinka

The hand that dips into the bottom of the pot will eat the biggest snail.

Nigerian Dramatist

Charles Spurgeon

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

British Clergyman

Snails often symbolize slowness in stories, especially in children's tales.

Visibility in Literature

A snail can represent someone slow, not just in movement but in understanding.

Metaphorical Usage

In some cultures, snails symbolize positive qualities like perseverance.

Positive Connotation

Use 'snail’s pace' to describe any process that's frustratingly slow, not just physical movement.

Non-literal Meaning

Describing something as a 'snail' implies dissatisfaction with its speed; it's usually a criticism.

Negative Implication

When talking about food, snails are considered a delicacy in some cultures and may be pricey.

Specialized Cuisine

Eating snails might sound odd to some, but it's a chance to discuss cultural differences openly.

Cultural Openness

 and more common than you might think, from crabs with one giant pincer claw to snail species whose shells' always coil in the same direction. Some species of beans only climb up their trellises clockwise, others, only counterclockwise, and even though the human body looks pretty symmetrical on the outside,

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 But there's a lot that isn't obvious, like whether pain relievers that work on us also help them. And the more different an animal is from us, the harder it is to understand their experience. How do you tell whether a shrimp is in pain? A snake? A snail?

How do animals...

 And why are my people poor. And why, why when the rest of the children were learning how to read and write, I was learning how to fight. I ate snails, vultures, rabbits, snakes, and anything that had life. I was ready to eat.

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 when a meal happens by the cone snail fires its harpoon the poisons quickly paralyze the fish once its prey is helpless the cone snail retracts it through its proboscis until it engulfs the fish swallowing it whole

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 before I go further I get this question all the time what are slugs slugs are snails I define part of my mission as the spokesperson for land snails my goal is helping people become ecologically

The Strange and...

 snails bacteria and that these plus the algae are harvested by this gorgeous and firoozeh and it's an amphipod as well as copepods and other larger animals which in turn supports larger

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 But out on the flats, the scent of dying snail wafts away on the tide. It's a scent that these hermit crabs are partial to. It's vital that the crabs have the best possible protection

Giant Horse Conch &...

 from cannibal crabs to giant snails life here has found a way to thrive amongst the toxic plumes and it's all thanks to the smallest

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 helpless the cone snail retracts it through its proboscis until it engulfs the fish swallowing it whole

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 sensing the approaching danger the snail flees but in a world of snail paces the

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