Snails and other gastropods move using their single muscular foot and a viscoelastic fluid they secr
Snails and other gastropods move using their single muscular foot and a viscoelastic fluid they secrete.(Image credit: A. Perry; see also P. Rühs et al.; submitted by Pascal B.) -- source link
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