Snail Intelligent Design
by Owen Omid Borville
July 28, 2020
Biology
Snails, classified with the gastropods and mollusks, are invertebrates with soft, unsegmented bodies, including a hard shell. Snails are nocturnal, include a large, diverse variety and can live on land in humid environments, saltwater, and freshwater environments around the world. Snail unique features include its spiral shaped shell on its back that can be a variety of designs, its two sets of tentacles for sensing objects, vision, and smell, and its slimy body.
Mainstream scientists believe that the snail is one of the oldest animals in the world, with fossils dating up to 500 million years ago during the Cambrian period, where an abundance of complex life suddenly appeared in the fossil record. That is a long time for an animal to have appeared suddenly and not changed anatomically since. A better explanation of origin is that the snail is a unique creation from an Intelligent Designer 6,000 years ago. Snails can adapt to many environments and do not require much food. The snail has no internal skeleton or bones, but its body and internal organs are protected by its shell. Evolutionists must explain the origin of the hard shell outside of a special creation.
The snail shell is a hard structure composed of calcium carbonate. Land snails have lungs and breathe air, while only a few aquatic snails breathe air. Sea snails breathe with gills and freshwater snails can breathe with either lungs or gills. Snails can range from a few inches in size to 12 inches, the Giant African land snail. Snails can move their bodies inside their shell when threatened. As a snail grows, its shell grows along with it and the size of the snail's shell reflects its age. Some snails can live a long life depending on the species and environment, from five years to 25 years in captivity. In addition to the shell origin, evolutionists must explain the origin of lungs and gills and why some snails have one or the other.
Snails lack legs, but move slowly across the surface with a muscular foot that has a wave motion. The snail also secretes a mucus that allows it to slide easier across a variety of surfaces, such as a tree trunk, stem, or leaf. The mucus helps keep the snail's body from drying out. Some snails hibernate in the winter and cover their bodies with mucus to keep from drying out. Some snails also do this in the summer months also, which is called estivation. Snails can lift ten times their body weight.
Land snails have a small mouth and several rows of small teeth, but don't chew their food, rather tear and scrape it. Snails have vision but cannot hear. Snails eat a variety of plants, but some snails are omnivorous or carnivorous. Snails have a strong sense of smell and eat foods high in calcium to help build their shell.
Baby snails hatch from eggs and can eat their shell. A single garden snail can have over 400 hatchlings per year and a snail can carry up to 100 eggs at one time. Snails have both male and female organs but need a partner to reproduce and both partners fertilize each other when mating. Sometimes a snail can self-fertilize but this is less desirable, while having a partner is preferred. Babies of self-fertilized snails have been observed to have lower chances of survival.
Predators and Defense Mechanisms
A snail's hard shell is its best defense mechanism and will hide in its shell when threatened or to hide from sunlight. A variety of land animals prey on snails, including beetles, rats, mice, turtles, salamanders and some birds. Snails can host several parasites that can harm, sicken, or kill their predators. Some sea snails are venomous, like the cone snail, which is one of the most venomous sea animals and can kill humans.
by Owen Omid Borville
July 28, 2020
Biology
Snails, classified with the gastropods and mollusks, are invertebrates with soft, unsegmented bodies, including a hard shell. Snails are nocturnal, include a large, diverse variety and can live on land in humid environments, saltwater, and freshwater environments around the world. Snail unique features include its spiral shaped shell on its back that can be a variety of designs, its two sets of tentacles for sensing objects, vision, and smell, and its slimy body.
Mainstream scientists believe that the snail is one of the oldest animals in the world, with fossils dating up to 500 million years ago during the Cambrian period, where an abundance of complex life suddenly appeared in the fossil record. That is a long time for an animal to have appeared suddenly and not changed anatomically since. A better explanation of origin is that the snail is a unique creation from an Intelligent Designer 6,000 years ago. Snails can adapt to many environments and do not require much food. The snail has no internal skeleton or bones, but its body and internal organs are protected by its shell. Evolutionists must explain the origin of the hard shell outside of a special creation.
The snail shell is a hard structure composed of calcium carbonate. Land snails have lungs and breathe air, while only a few aquatic snails breathe air. Sea snails breathe with gills and freshwater snails can breathe with either lungs or gills. Snails can range from a few inches in size to 12 inches, the Giant African land snail. Snails can move their bodies inside their shell when threatened. As a snail grows, its shell grows along with it and the size of the snail's shell reflects its age. Some snails can live a long life depending on the species and environment, from five years to 25 years in captivity. In addition to the shell origin, evolutionists must explain the origin of lungs and gills and why some snails have one or the other.
Snails lack legs, but move slowly across the surface with a muscular foot that has a wave motion. The snail also secretes a mucus that allows it to slide easier across a variety of surfaces, such as a tree trunk, stem, or leaf. The mucus helps keep the snail's body from drying out. Some snails hibernate in the winter and cover their bodies with mucus to keep from drying out. Some snails also do this in the summer months also, which is called estivation. Snails can lift ten times their body weight.
Land snails have a small mouth and several rows of small teeth, but don't chew their food, rather tear and scrape it. Snails have vision but cannot hear. Snails eat a variety of plants, but some snails are omnivorous or carnivorous. Snails have a strong sense of smell and eat foods high in calcium to help build their shell.
Baby snails hatch from eggs and can eat their shell. A single garden snail can have over 400 hatchlings per year and a snail can carry up to 100 eggs at one time. Snails have both male and female organs but need a partner to reproduce and both partners fertilize each other when mating. Sometimes a snail can self-fertilize but this is less desirable, while having a partner is preferred. Babies of self-fertilized snails have been observed to have lower chances of survival.
Predators and Defense Mechanisms
A snail's hard shell is its best defense mechanism and will hide in its shell when threatened or to hide from sunlight. A variety of land animals prey on snails, including beetles, rats, mice, turtles, salamanders and some birds. Snails can host several parasites that can harm, sicken, or kill their predators. Some sea snails are venomous, like the cone snail, which is one of the most venomous sea animals and can kill humans.
