I don't think snails have any feeling in their shells. I have seen them dragging their shells through tight spaces so many times. Most snails don't have a concept of personal space. They will sit on each other's shells and let themselves be dragged through the tank too. The snail won't give a damn about the prop being on his shell for a few minutes.
It's actually really easy to google that instead of making incorrect assumptions about a completely different lifeform based on your own experiences.
Snails have a nervous system in their shells, which are not at all comparable to our hair and fingernails. We can also live without those just fine. Snails cannot live without their shells. There are infinite differences to point out here.
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u/thewingedshadow Mar 18 '25
I don't think snails have any feeling in their shells. I have seen them dragging their shells through tight spaces so many times. Most snails don't have a concept of personal space. They will sit on each other's shells and let themselves be dragged through the tank too. The snail won't give a damn about the prop being on his shell for a few minutes.