Any garden owner can testify to getting up in the morning and finding mucus trails on paths along with snails slowly making their way home. Snails feed at night, primarily on decaying organic matter, insects, slugs and, at the top of the snail food chain, other snails.
Using a muscular organ, appropriately known as the foot, to move, they expand and contract it while depositing a mucus layer underneath to prevent damage on hard surfaces. Tracking snails down in the garden is therefore pretty easy, but the key thing is to find an attractive location or one with decent lighting.
Some snails are translucent, so if you find one, move your camera position so that the early morning light is behind the snail, illuminating the internal structures. For the chunkier…
