• Question: How old is the oldest snail in the world?

    Asked by ss123 to Ben, James, Jen, Michael, Susanna on 8 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Michael Craig

      Michael Craig answered on 8 Mar 2013:

      I’m not sure there is any official world record for the oldest snail in the world but some snails have been recorded to live over 30 years in captivity!

    • Photo: Jen Todd Jones

      Jen Todd Jones answered on 8 Mar 2013:

      The snails we find in our gardens in Britain typically live between 5 and 7 years, they actually have brains that operate a lot like ours with cells called neurons that fire with electricity.

    • Photo: Susanna Martin

      Susanna Martin answered on 8 Mar 2013:

      It looks like Michael and Jen know more about snails than me, all I can really add is that snails wont live that long in my garden as my chickens like to eat them!

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