✧ snails have thousands of tiny teeth on an anatomical structure called a radula
✧ many snails are hermaphroditic, having both female and male reproductive organs - some snails can reproduce without a partner
✧ some sea snails have been found to change sex over time
✧ snails can hibernate for years at a time - reportedly, one snail thought to be dead and sent to the British Museum from Egypt awoke from a deep slumber after 5 years and lived for another 2 years after that
✧ there have been a few dozen human deaths attributed to venomous cone snails
✧ scientists have apparently transferred memories from one snail to another
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