CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Are snails viviparous or oviparous?

Although snails are not mammals, they reproduce by giving birth to live young. Snails are also dioecious, and the males and females can be distinguished from each other by the shape of their antennae. The eggs are fertilized and develop in the mother's nursery, and are expelled from the body after they grow into larvae.

Snails are ovoviviparous animals.

The reproduction method of snails is unique: the mature eggs meet the sperm at the top of the oviduct and are fertilized, and the fertilized eggs develop into embryos in the uterus of the mother snail. The embryonic development and the development of the snails are completed in the mother's body. From the fertilized eggs to the production of the snails, it takes about a year to grow in the mother's body.

Field snails give birth in batches, mostly at night. They begin to reproduce in March and April each year. While giving birth to baby snails, the female and male parent snails mate and fertilize, and then the mother snails nurture the baby snails to be born the next year. A female snail gives birth to about 100 to 150 baby snails throughout the year. During the reproductive period, the female snail's uterus often contains baby snails at different stages of development.

Additional information

Foods that cannot be eaten with snails

Snails + clams: abdominal bloating.

Snails + broad beans: Eating them together will cause intestinal colic.

Snails + clams: Eating them together will cause poisoning.

Snails + noodles: Eating them together will cause abdominal pain and vomiting.

Snails + ice: Eating them together can easily cause poisoning, and lotus root nodes can be used to detoxify.

Snails + kidney beans: cause colon cancer.

Snails + pork kidney: abdominal pain.

Snails + corn: Eating them together can easily cause poisoning, which can be detoxified by using ground water.

Snails + black fungus: Eating them together will cause poisoning, which can be treated with lotus pods.

Snails + cantaloupe: Eating them together will cause abdominal pain, which can be treated with ground water.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia - Snail

Reference source: People's Daily Online - What can't be eaten with snails? Common ways to cook snails