@@CarnegieMNH great video. When I was a kid, I wondered if slugs were snails that just took their shells off for a while. I soon learned that slugs and snails are two completely seperate species and that snails, like turtles, are connected to their shells. Their shells are part of their bodies and connected to them like our fingernails are connected to us. The only way to remove a snail or turtle from their shells would be with a knife and would cause blood, pain, and maybe would kill them. Some people may've also mistakenly thought that snails can crawl out of their shells any time because when eating escargot you can pull the snail out of the shell. But of course that's only because those snails are killed, the soft part of their bodies are cut out of their shells, and are then seasoned, cooked, and then placed back in them
Great video, and you can really tell this man loves his job and is passionate about gastropods and mollusks! My favorite thing is when he talks about slugs going into little "hidey holes" from predators and to keep themselves moist versus saying something more complicated in place of what he chose to say instead. Questions I have, now, is do slugs have less strength than snails because of their hollowed out foot to internalize their organs? Or are they both comparable in strength? Do semi-slugs out match both because they are an evolutionary in-between of snails and slugs?
I just woke up this morning, went outside for my coffee, saw a slug and pondered “are slugs just shell-less snails?” And here I am, learning way more than my original question from such a delightful person. What a great start to the day coffee and knowledge.
My last post is in no way a mockery of the scientists explaining the difference between the two families. I actually am quite impressed with his dedication to his science.
I wish I could take my bones out temporarily that would be kinda cool honestly. I love snails & slugs and Dr Pearce has helped me to learn more about the critters in a way that's easy to understand! He's the best! Thanks!
Technically they are able to, but it's very unlikely. Snails try to find the perfect mate in order to pass down their best genes to the offspring. Female and male snails both have special tastes of what they're looking for, and because they're hermaphrodites, they can be VERY picky. Most all the time, they want the same species to breed with. ☺
@@hollymarietonepahhote-wins4450 what? Slugs eat snails and they also have sex in different ways, even if they did, it wouldn't work because the sperm wouldn't reach the eggs
@@CarnegieMNH besides, slugs eat snails, their slime would also irritate the snails because it's so thick and the snail wouldn't be able to remove it while grooming- this is stressful for the snail and the snail would die. They can't mate even if they wanted to, the way they do it is different.
Great Question. Mary Dawson, our curator emeritus of vertebrate paleontology gives a great breakdown in this article: www.livescience.com/54183-difference-between-rabbits-and-hares.html
Trivia: last year, I crashed my car on a bamboo clump at the side of the road, and the car become full of little jumping snails with muscular tails. It was in south of Brazil.
At my home in NE TX, (in the country) I have a large stand of river cane along the property line.I always have HUGE slugs 2-3" long wandering about that love living in that foliage.My horse loves to eat it as well so I'm thinking it my be sweet tasting-similar or related to sugar cane? But I have found them in my kitchen where they sneak in under my back door.They are kind of creepy!
Look at the french guy over there, already drooling. Neither snails or slugs are food - their job is to show your boring garden plants what survival of the fittest is all about.
Clarifying question, are you asking about a specific order of these three mating, like snail and semi-snail= offspring 1 and then: offspring 1x slug? Is offspring 1 or offspring 2 fertile?
Because evolution is bogus and impossible. Although he said the snails came first. If humans came from monkeys, then why are all the monkeys still here? Survival of the fittest evidently not making any sense in these scenarios.
That’s not how evolution works. Just as humans and monkeys share a common ancestor, so we both exist today. Snails and slugs share a common ancestor. 👍
I am loving how passionate he is in his explanation. I love snails. fascinating creatures
Tim also has a pet snail called Toniy. 🐌
@@CarnegieMNH now that's cool
Yeah right.. not when you grow food in the garden...
@@CarnegieMNH great video.
When I was a kid, I wondered if slugs were snails that just took their shells off for a while. I soon learned that slugs and snails are two completely seperate species and that snails, like turtles, are connected to their shells. Their shells are part of their bodies and connected to them like our fingernails are connected to us. The only way to remove a snail or turtle from their shells would be with a knife and would cause blood, pain, and maybe would kill them.
Some people may've also mistakenly thought that snails can crawl out of their shells any time because when eating escargot you can pull the snail out of the shell. But of course that's only because those snails are killed, the soft part of their bodies are cut out of their shells, and are then seasoned, cooked, and then placed back in them
did you know snails and slugs are closely related with squids and octopus?
Great video, and you can really tell this man loves his job and is passionate about gastropods and mollusks!
My favorite thing is when he talks about slugs going into little "hidey holes" from predators and to keep themselves moist versus saying something more complicated in place of what he chose to say instead.
Questions I have, now, is do slugs have less strength than snails because of their hollowed out foot to internalize their organs? Or are they both comparable in strength? Do semi-slugs out match both because they are an evolutionary in-between of snails and slugs?
Those are good questions! :)
I just woke up this morning, went outside for my coffee, saw a slug and pondered “are slugs just shell-less snails?” And here I am, learning way more than my original question from such a delightful person. What a great start to the day coffee and knowledge.
In German, we call slugs “naked snails”
Frech 😉
In Spanish they're "babosas" literally slimy .
In greek too
In Bengali 'Samukh'
do you know what we call germans in the rest of the world?
This was so amazing to learn, thank you!
This guy is so nerdy! I love it!
My last post is in no way a mockery of the scientists explaining the difference between the two families. I actually am quite impressed with his dedication to his science.
We know you care 🐌
@@CarnegieMNH especially when I get drunk.
I love this dude, he looks like skinny Santa 🎅
This was such a great video explaining the difference. Thanks so much 😊
You are so welcome!
I love Tim Pearce 🥰
very happy to have found this, thank you Tim
Welcome!
Would love to see more of these videos :)
He seems like he would be a fun science teacher and biology teacher.
I wish I could take my bones out temporarily that would be kinda cool honestly.
I love snails & slugs and Dr Pearce has helped me to learn more about the critters in a way that's easy to understand! He's the best! Thanks!
i need 2 minutes to realize that, his background is the shells.. I thought it's a dough
I never even knew about semi-slugs. Jumping snails sound awesome.
Were slugs snails who dropped their shells or were snails slugs who exposed their shell??? 🤔🤔🤔
Amazing video
First time watching this man and he’s so friendly and informational he should have an Instagram 💎
So fascinating! I learned so much! 😁👍
3:08 would you like some pickled slugs?
Our French fellows would love it.
No! That's my weakness
Knowledge is awesome!!
Knowledge is Power 👊
This man is a great teacher
I just gained a new respect for snails and slugs
They're pretty incredible!
Very informative, can a snail and slug mate?
Technically they are able to, but it's very unlikely. Snails try to find the perfect mate in order to pass down their best genes to the offspring. Female and male snails both have special tastes of what they're looking for, and because they're hermaphrodites, they can be VERY picky. Most all the time, they want the same species to breed with. ☺
@@hollymarietonepahhote-wins4450 what? Slugs eat snails and they also have sex in different ways, even if they did, it wouldn't work because the sperm wouldn't reach the eggs
th-cam.com/video/_7RW28-vYfA/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgyDGfu076zUIljKsEh4AaABAg
Have we got a video for you!
@@CarnegieMNH I study malacology.
@@CarnegieMNH besides, slugs eat snails, their slime would also irritate the snails because it's so thick and the snail wouldn't be able to remove it while grooming- this is stressful for the snail and the snail would die. They can't mate even if they wanted to, the way they do it is different.
I don't mean to sound dramatic, but I think this man is my soul mate.
Nice I wish you can be my science teacher
Professor, What is the difference of Rabbit and Hare?
Great Question. Mary Dawson, our curator emeritus of vertebrate paleontology gives a great breakdown in this article: www.livescience.com/54183-difference-between-rabbits-and-hares.html
Love his passion
Once I saw a semi-slug and I kept it. I called it Quasimodo after the Hunchback of Notre dame but it died after a week…
Aww... Sorry
Thank you kind Sir 🙏 you answered a question Siri couldn’t for me (without having to read something)
Great video!
I just found a slug? Snail? It has long snack snail eyes, has light brown spotted skin, and a tiny hole. Maybe growing a shell? About two inches long
def a slug i think-- a snail that big would definitely have a shell
Where in the world did you find the little guy, friend?
Who knew? Thanks dude!😊
Trivia: last year, I crashed my car on a bamboo clump at the side of the road, and the car become full of little jumping snails with muscular tails. It was in south of Brazil.
What's that instrumental
Snails have their organs inside the seashells while slugs have their organs inside of them
Awesome. Answered my questions
Happy to hear that!
Why does he look so happy? I want his secret
Sir,,
Would you do a video on edible snail and slugs please
Ask Slogoman
Damn those oceanic islands. Snails are much easier to toss out of my garden, slugs on the other hand are slimey and gross.
Interesting thanks
My mind: *slugs are utterly disgusting pests*
Also my mind: *snails are beautiful cute little herbivores c:*
Is a lizard just a turtle without--
No
At my home in NE TX, (in the country) I have a large stand of river cane along the property line.I always have HUGE slugs 2-3" long wandering about that love living in that foliage.My horse loves to eat it as well so I'm thinking it my be sweet tasting-similar or related to sugar cane? But I have found them in my kitchen where they sneak in under my back door.They are kind of creepy!
Can they all interbreed
My only goal in life is to find something that I am passionate about. As passionate as Dr. Tim Pearce is for gastropods.
My question is how did snail's evolved to live on land
Prolly how we did
You make me smile.
I much prefer snails because I can relocate them easily without getting slime on my hand.
what a king!!!!!
So if u cut open a slug u find a hard shell???
This guy is amazing
Protect our cinnamon roll Pearce the Peanut at all costs
What is they survive due to their numbers or maybe they are clever?
Look at the french guy over there, already drooling. Neither snails or slugs are food - their job is to show your boring garden plants what survival of the fittest is all about.
Brotip: use magnets to quicken shell removal
Hes kind hes working soo hard to be this now
Nice!!!❤
Question
Can the snail, semi-snail and slug mate and produce fertile offspring?
Clarifying question, are you asking about a specific order of these three mating, like snail and semi-snail= offspring 1 and then: offspring 1x slug? Is offspring 1 or offspring 2 fertile?
But also, this might answer some of your question: th-cam.com/video/_7RW28-vYfA/w-d-xo.html&lc=UgyDGfu076zUIljKsEh4AaABAg
Hi Tim.
So a slug is a type of snail?
So slugs are snail version of Gen z
This dude is adorable
Go snails and slugs!
I take my bones out temporally.. don’t judge…
This guy is not a nerd research the word nerd
how do you ''know'' snails came before slugs?
weozol other way around lol. Did you even watch the video lol?
Ricardo Castro-Garcia 0:42
slugs > snails imo
My whole life has been a complete lie.
If semi slugs can only live in a specific environment, how are their descendants everywhere?
This guy sure likes things shaped like 🐌 😂
3:24 "they're bigger than my...... bigger than my index finger" 😂😂
👀
I personally call them homeless snails 🐌
*sweeet* [In the candy crush tone]
The Mr.Rogers of snails 🐌 and slugs. Love this guy
One person didn’t like their life being flipped upside down. Look at the dislikes.
You keep saying evolution but I think u mean adaptation 😊
Same thing 👍
Are you a wizard?
Whos wacthing this 2020 october 10
We are! Just over and over again on a loop.🐌
who was the one disliker
NICE GUY
hi! can Tim please help me prompose to my best friend? he's a huge fan and it would mean so much to both of us 🙏🐌
😱😱
Wow he's so nerd
And your so rude.
Wow your so jealous because he's smarter than you
If a snail is the evolution of a slug, why do we still have both?
Because evolution is bogus and impossible. Although he said the snails came first.
If humans came from monkeys, then why are all the monkeys still here? Survival of the fittest evidently not making any sense in these scenarios.
That’s not how evolution works.
Just as humans and monkeys share a common ancestor, so we both exist today. Snails and slugs share a common ancestor. 👍
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say , Walk on the earth, and see how the creation began Then God creates the afterlife For God is above all things .
How is that relevant to the video above?
Evolutionist make me laugh!
So slugs are just more advanced snails