How do snails have s*x?

Question

cause they'd have to like go on their sides but then they'd be stuck. i know it sounds pretty stupid but still XD

Answer 1

loooooolz...

i never though about this...ill research

;)

Answer 2

Most snails are hermaphrodites. This means that they are both male and female. All hermaphroditic snails can lay eggs. They can "mate" with themselves and thus only one can reproduce in an aquarium or pond. They also breed sexually as often as possible. Most snails lay eggs but some, like the trapdoor snail, give live birth. Trapdoor snails and a few other species of snails (apple, golden inca, four horned, etc.) are not hermaphrodites. They can only reproduce sexually.

Underwater Snail Eggs: For those snails that lay eggs in the water, snail eggs look like little jely blobs stuck on hard surfaces and plants. Favorite places to lay eggs include aquarium glass, clay pots, bricks, large plant leaves, and almost anywhere sturdy enough. The eggs begin clear but soon get a dark spot which grows larger as the snails grow. Unlike fish eggs, you will not see two large eyes looking up to you. After about 3-6 weeks depending on species and temperature, the babies emerge. They are quite vulnerable to being eaten at that time. There is nothing special to be done for their care aside from providing foods their parents like if algae and plants are scarce. People often add snail eggs to aquarium and ponds without knowing it as the eggs come hitching rides on live plants or even inert materials moved from another aquarium or pond. Rarely, eggs may be infertile or die. In that case, they will turn white as fungus attacks them. Healthy snail eggs are clear with a dot inside.

Above Water Snail Eggs: Apple snails lay eggs above the water line, usually on plants but in an aquarium, they often lay eggs on the lid. Apple snail eggs are yellow or pink. They need to stay damp but not submerged in order to develop.

Answer 3

Read this,this is what snails s*x

http://www.applesnail.net/content/anatom...

Answer 4

Each individual snail has both female and male organs. The male organ is a p***s (formed by a fold of the body wall) and it goes into the female opening of another individual. Often, copulation is reciprocal.

Whether they mate "on their side" or "face to face" seems to be related to the shape of the shell. If the shell is tall, they often copulate unilaterally (shell-mounting), and when their shells are flat, the act is reciprocal and simultaneous (face-to-face).

It's interesting that fertilization of the eggs doesn't happen at once. The sperm is stored in the terminal part of the female oviduct, and the eggs are fertilized when they go through this area. The oviduct also adds the jelly capsule to the eggs.

Answer 5

snails are both male and female.

Answer 6

I heard that the male shoots out projectile sperm and it pierces the female and she absorbs it into her system but I could be wrong.

Answer 7

http://www.bumblebee.org/invertebrates/G...

http://www.petsnails.co.uk/care/breeding...

http://animals.about.com/od/mollusks/ig/...

Reproduction

Most terrestrial snails are hermaphroditic which means that each individual possesses both male and female reproductive organs. Although the age at which snails reach sexual maturity varies among species, it may be up to three years before snails are old enough to reproduce. Mature snails begin courtship in early summer and after mating both indivudals lay fertilized eggs in nests dug out of moist soil. It lays several dozen eggs and then covers them with soil where the stay until they are ready to hatch.

http://www.dlia.org/atbi/species/Animali...

* Land snails are functional hermaphrodites, with each individual having two sets of s*x organs; testes, sperm and p***s; ovaries, eggs, an oviduct and a pouch or receptacle for holding in reserve the sperm of another individual.

* In rare cases, self fertilization is possible but normally mating is between two individuals of the same species.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail#Repro...

All land snails are hermaphrodites, producing both spermatozoa and ova. Some freshwater snails, such as Apple Snails, and marine species, such as periwinkles, have separate sexes; they are male and female. Most snails can mate when they are around 1 year old.

Prior to reproduction, most land snails perform a ritual courtship before mating. This may last anywhere between two and twelve hours. Prolific breeders, pulmonate land snails inseminate each other in pairs to internally fertilize their ova. Each brood may consist of up to 100 eggs.

Pulmonate land snails and slugs have a reproductive opening on one side of the body, near the front, through which the outer reproductive organs are extruded so that exchange of sperm can take place. After this, fertilization occurs and the eggs develop.

http://www.fishpondinfo.com/snail.htm#re...

http://whyfiles.org/shorties/082snail_da...

http://www.applesnail.net/content/anatom...

Answer 8

If you have netflix, rent a movie called "Microcosmos". It was really big when it came out. It just films insects up close in a really cool way- while their doing every day stuff. It has a seen which made the movie famous where two snails are "making love". Really beautiful, check it out.