Sea Creatures 101: The Life of Your Seafood: Escargot

Snail reproduction is pretty complex, and if I explained it here I would just be re-writing someone else's information. I'll lead you to a great source of information on that and more. Click on the link below:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valle...

Snails are useful in another way to us. They can be used to study the nervous system. They have nerve cells similar to people, but the cells work more slowly. That makes it easier to track how the snail's nerves repair themselves. Also, snail nerves can be taken from a snail and grown in a special liquid which makes it easier to see the nerve repair. A more detailed explanation can be found by clicking on the link below:

http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/snails.html

You may still want to indulge in escargot after reading this. Since I have never had it, I don't know what a treat it may be. I'm not going to be eating any soon, I can assure you of that. The preparation seems cruel, and since I've only known snails as pets or aquatic animals, I'd like to keep it that way. Anyway-I think it's always interesting to see what happens to your seafood BEFORE it becomes dinner. I'll do one or two more of these before I close it off and move on to something else. January's topic isn't set yet, so check in next month and I'll have a new one for you. Happy Holidays!

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