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What is the top speed of a snail?

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Snails move by sliding on their single foot. Specialized glands in the foot secrete mucus, which lubricates the path over which the snail crawls. Snails can only crawl. Even those that live in water can't swim. As they crawl they secrete a slime to help themselves move across surfaces. read more

The top speed of a snail is a sluggish one metre per hour, a new study has revealed. But that pace allows them to explore the length of an average British garden in a single night. Scientists examined the habits of 450 garden snails recording their movements using LED lights, UV paints and time-lapse photography. read more

Snail's Pace, Last Word, New Scientist, October 2001. "Snails have been measured at speeds of 0.048 kilometres per hour." 0.013 m/s "The fastest speed achieved by a snail in the Guinness Gastropod Championship, held over a 13-inch (330-millimetre) course in the O'Conor Don pub in central London, is only 0.0085 kilometres per hour. read more

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