My experience of snails in a vegie patch and garden I am looking after feels like I am engaging the borg, except they don’t assimilate me and are snails.

Those damn snails keep munching away and have recently eaten three lettuces.

How can I wage a war on these snails, not using anything toxic?

I am happy to blow them up but as I have no explosives expertise I will leave that to the experts, (and people on this forum) hehehe.

Any suggestions.

Nuking from outer space is already on the list. But I have no satellite or nukes to call my own, and it might be overkill.

salt around the perimeter of the garden but…….salt can affect the garden bed so….must be surrounding the perimeter

slugs and snails will die if salt is sprinkled onto them but that is cruel

Fuckem, snailbait. Though if you want to go hippy I have read you can sink saucers of beer into the garden and they die pissed and happy.

Some kind of physical barrier:

Some kind of plastic mesh they can’t climb up
or some fence that curves outwards and back over itself so they fall back down
or something smeared on a fence that repels them. Not toxic but enough to turn them back.

party_pants said:

Some kind of physical barrier:

Some kind of plastic mesh they can’t climb up
or some fence that curves outwards and back over itself so they fall back down
or something smeared on a fence that repels them. Not toxic but enough to turn them back.

they climb

AwesomeO said:

Though if you want to go hippy I have read you can sink saucers of beer into the garden and they die pissed and happy.

Yes, I’ve heard about leaving dishes of beer around the place. I’m sure some would call it a waste though, preferring to lose the lettuces.

they climb

then absnail down the other side.

ratty one said:

party_pants said:

Some kind of physical barrier:

Some kind of plastic mesh they can’t climb up
or some fence that curves outwards and back over itself so they fall back down
or something smeared on a fence that repels them. Not toxic but enough to turn them back.

they climb

Yeah, some kind of fence they can’t climb over.

Once the fence is up you’d have to go and remove by hand all those inside. Just hope that no more can get in.

But not sure what to do about caterpillars.

You could next year consider growing lettuce in a container with a water trap around it.

Speedy said:

AwesomeO said:

Though if you want to go hippy I have read you can sink saucers of beer into the garden and they die pissed and happy.

Yes, I’ve heard about leaving dishes of beer around the place. I’m sure some would call it a waste though, preferring to lose the lettuces.

That’s what they sell Emu Export and Southwark for. They are labelled not for human consumption but some people still drink them anyway.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060911010030AA6FTPu

The death knoll for slugs and snails is summed up in one word:

Osmosis. Slugs and snails have a higher percentage of their body-weight made up of water, then other animals. Also, their skin is a much more permeable covering then average. When you salt a slug or snail, this increases the concentration of salt on the surface (outside) of the unfortunate subject. From a different perspective, this is DECREASING the water concentration outside the slug/snail. The process of osmosis is the movement of water from an area of high water concentration through a permeable membrane to an area of lower water concentration. The water INSIDE the slug MOVES OUTSIDE the slug, in order to reach an equilibrium concentration on both sides of the skin. Unfortunately, this means that the slug/snail is now much drier then it can tolerate. It literally dies of dehydration

party_pants said:

Speedy said:

AwesomeO said:

Though if you want to go hippy I have read you can sink saucers of beer into the garden and they die pissed and happy.

Yes, I’ve heard about leaving dishes of beer around the place. I’m sure some would call it a waste though, preferring to lose the lettuces.

That’s what they sell Emu Export and Southwark for. They are labelled not for human consumption but some people still drink them anyway.

Bathing beer.

ratty one said:

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060911010030AA6FTPu

The death knoll for slugs and snails is summed up in one word:

Osmosis. Slugs and snails have a higher percentage of their body-weight made up of water, then other animals. Also, their skin is a much more permeable covering then average. When you salt a slug or snail, this increases the concentration of salt on the surface (outside) of the unfortunate subject. From a different perspective, this is DECREASING the water concentration outside the slug/snail. The process of osmosis is the movement of water from an area of high water concentration through a permeable membrane to an area of lower water concentration. The water INSIDE the slug MOVES OUTSIDE the slug, in order to reach an equilibrium concentration on both sides of the skin. Unfortunately, this means that the slug/snail is now much drier then it can tolerate. It literally dies of dehydration

so… if you put a salt trail the slug or snail will recoil and avoid

snail-sized land-mines???

Sprinkling salt around your lettuce is not a good idea for your garden but I wonder if you could get the same results from a wall of nitrates?

Boris said:

they climb

then absnail down the other side.

—

Worst pun ever.

AwesomeO said:

Sprinkling salt around your lettuce is not a good idea for your garden but I wonder if you could get the same results from a wall of nitrates?

nitrates can burn plants too in excess which is why chook poo should be diluted and aged ideally

if th salt is in the gutter surround the bed perhaps less impact or the alcohol option …. introduce mor blue tongue lizards they looooooove snails and slugs

ratty one said:

AwesomeO said:

Sprinkling salt around your lettuce is not a good idea for your garden but I wonder if you could get the same results from a wall of nitrates?

nitrates can burn plants too in excess which is why chook poo should be diluted and aged ideally

I was thinking away from the lettuce but forming a barrier around it. End of season, water it in.

ratty one said:

if th salt is in the gutter surround the bed perhaps less impact or the alcohol option …. introduce mor blue tongue lizards they looooooove snails and slugs

Possibly, split a hose in half, lay around the lettuce. Fill with Rock salt. Avoid water.

Beer traps!

Partially bury some sort of container (butter/marg container, yoghurt tub, part of a milk carton) and put an inch or so of beer in it.

The snails will climb in, get drunk, and not be able to find their way out.

AwesomeO said:

ratty one said:

if th salt is in the gutter surround the bed perhaps less impact or the alcohol option …. introduce mor blue tongue lizards they looooooove snails and slugs

Possibly, split a hose in half, lay around the lettuce. Fill with Rock salt. Avoid water.

yep….I was having a thought about the black plastic used to put a waterproof membrane through a concrete running around the perimeter ….normal table salt might be cheaper

“damp cause (sp)”

There are also carnivorous slugs and snails.

I’m not sure if Bugs For Bugs carry them.

Might be something to look into?

Planting decoy plants might also be an idea…

ratty one said:

AwesomeO said:

ratty one said:

if th salt is in the gutter surround the bed perhaps less impact or the alcohol option …. introduce mor blue tongue lizards they looooooove snails and slugs

Possibly, split a hose in half, lay around the lettuce. Fill with Rock salt. Avoid water.

yep….I was having a thought about the black plastic used to put a waterproof membrane through a concrete running around the perimeter ….normal table salt might be cheaper

“damp cause (sp)”

I was thinking rock salt not so likely to blow away or get dislodged by drops of water.

Salt and nitrates = bad ideas.

or swimming pool salt.

fresnel_chick said:

Salt and nitrates = bad ideas.

if placed directly onto the soil bed – agreed

mind you … if you lived in qld just send in the geckos

There’s got to be some kind of physical barrier that you could set up. Those plastic garden edge thingies as a fence, topped with a few strands of nylon fishing wire, like top a cyclone fence with barbed wire . Snails could climb up but not get through or over the nylon strands. Something like that.

party_pants said:

There’s got to be some kind of physical barrier that you could set up. Those plastic garden edge thingies as a fence, topped with a few strands of nylon fishing wire, like top a cyclone fence with barbed wire . Snails could climb up but not get through or over the nylon strands. Something like that.

I did pay attention to your suggestion..I thought of the damp causing as an addition. You’re suggestion seems to be akin to Stalag 13 and Hogan’s Heroes!

:)

I am guessing the shell gets snagged on the over hanging threads?

ratty one said:

I am guessing the shell gets snagged on the over hanging threads?

No, just pissed off, and wanders off to try somewhere else.

party_pants said:

ratty one said:

I am guessing the shell gets snagged on the over hanging threads?

No, just pissed off, and wanders off to try somewhere else.

I see.

ratty one said:

mind you … if you lived in qld just send in the geckos

or their friends, the clowns.

I am in Moss Vale on borg snail duty!

party_pants said:

There’s got to be some kind of physical barrier that you could set up. Those plastic garden edge thingies as a fence, topped with a few strands of nylon fishing wire, like top a cyclone fence with barbed wire . Snails could climb up but not get through or over the nylon strands. Something like that.

—

Yeah, but in the end you have to think is it worth the effort oppossed to buying it

Off to Bunnings, get a flame thrower.

tauto said:

party_pants said:

There’s got to be some kind of physical barrier that you could set up. Those plastic garden edge thingies as a fence, topped with a few strands of nylon fishing wire, like top a cyclone fence with barbed wire . Snails could climb up but not get through or over the nylon strands. Something like that.

—

Yeah, but in the end you have to think is it worth the effort oppossed to buying it

I’m just offering up ideas. I’d go the snail pellets myself.

tauto said:

party_pants said:

There’s got to be some kind of physical barrier that you could set up. Those plastic garden edge thingies as a fence, topped with a few strands of nylon fishing wire, like top a cyclone fence with barbed wire . Snails could climb up but not get through or over the nylon strands. Something like that.

—

Yeah, but in the end you have to think is it worth the effort oppossed to buying it

he wants to invest in blowing up a whale

I have a bad earwig problem, when I was growing some ummm seedlings, I had them in individual pots and they in turn were in a tray full of water. Kept the soil moist and the earwigs and greebles out.

ms spock said:

My experience of snails in a vegie patch and garden I am looking after feels like I am engaging the borg, except they don’t assimilate me and are snails.

Those damn snails keep munching away and have recently eaten three lettuces.

How can I wage a war on these snails, not using anything toxic?

I am happy to blow them up but as I have no explosives expertise I will leave that to the experts, (and people on this forum) hehehe.

Any suggestions.

Nuking from outer space is already on the list. But I have no satellite or nukes to call my own, and it might be overkill.

you can make a touch sensitive explosive from iodine I believe

you lay some of this down

snail comes along

mini boom

or

you could create an arduino controlled minefield that senses slug/ snail movement and sets off a small device near it

Spiny Norman said:

Off to Bunnings, get a flame thrower.

That is your answer to everything!

ratty one said:

tauto said:

party_pants said:

There’s got to be some kind of physical barrier that you could set up. Those plastic garden edge thingies as a fence, topped with a few strands of nylon fishing wire, like top a cyclone fence with barbed wire . Snails could climb up but not get through or over the nylon strands. Something like that.

—

Yeah, but in the end you have to think is it worth the effort oppossed to buying it

he wants to invest in blowing up a whale

Only if it was somebody else’s money.

wookiemeister said:

ms spock said:

My experience of snails in a vegie patch and garden I am looking after feels like I am engaging the borg, except they don’t assimilate me and are snails.

Those damn snails keep munching away and have recently eaten three lettuces.

How can I wage a war on these snails, not using anything toxic?

I am happy to blow them up but as I have no explosives expertise I will leave that to the experts, (and people on this forum) hehehe.

Any suggestions.

Nuking from outer space is already on the list. But I have no satellite or nukes to call my own, and it might be overkill.

you can make a touch sensitive explosive from iodine I believe

you lay some of this down

snail comes along

mini boom

or

you could create an arduino controlled minefield that senses slug/ snail movement and sets off a small device near it

oh my word

ms spock said:

Spiny Norman said:

Off to Bunnings, get a flame thrower.

That is your answer to everything!

he could onto something there though

ratty one said:

ms spock said:

Spiny Norman said:

Off to Bunnings, get a flame thrower.

That is your answer to everything!

he could onto something there though

***makes large eyes at ratty one***

Don’t encourage him!

You could make a little electric fence around the lettuces :)

Speedy said:

You could make a little electric fence around the lettuces :)

I think this one is a winner!

ratty one said:

tauto said:

party_pants said:

There’s got to be some kind of physical barrier that you could set up. Those plastic garden edge thingies as a fence, topped with a few strands of nylon fishing wire, like top a cyclone fence with barbed wire . Snails could climb up but not get through or over the nylon strands. Something like that.

—

Yeah, but in the end you have to think is it worth the effort oppossed to buying it

he wants to invest in blowing up a whale

—-

Settle petal, I postulated.an alternative.:)

Speedy said:

You could make a little electric fence around the lettuces :)

a snail would likely be sensitive to low wattages so that probably is a fair idea……..

tauto said:

ratty one said:

tauto said:

—

Yeah, but in the end you have to think is it worth the effort oppossed to buying it

he wants to invest in blowing up a whale

—-

Settle petal, I postulated.an alternative.:)

Do I have to read the whole thread?

Postpocelipse said:

Speedy said:

You could make a little electric fence around the lettuces :)

a snail would likely be sensitive to low wattages so that probably is a fair idea……..

Simply use copper wire.

AwesomeO said:

Fuckem, snailbait. Though if you want to go hippy I have read you can sink saucers of beer into the garden and they die pissed and happy.

The latter is better for slugs than snails as the snails have a sail they can be as pissed as farts and still float to the edge and climb out.

Postpocelipse said:

Speedy said:

You could make a little electric fence around the lettuces :)

a snail would likely be sensitive to low wattages so that probably is a fair idea……..

some people eat them you could zap and eat all in one go

roughbarked said:

AwesomeO said:

Fuckem, snailbait. Though if you want to go hippy I have read you can sink saucers of beer into the garden and they die pissed and happy.

The latter is better for slugs than snails as the snails have a sail they can be as pissed as farts and still float to the edge and climb out.

I told you they were borg like snails.

They love cat food, they are always eating leftovers in our cats bowls
You could put a couple of plates in the vegetable garden go out and scoop them out a few hours later
Or give the garden a good water and collect them when they come out

I’m lucky ‘cos there are few snails in the Tasmanian midlands. In the 7 years I’ve been living here I’ve only found one live snail and a few empty shells.

ratty one said:

some people eat them you could zap and eat all in one go

You shouldn’t eat wild snails. They carry some nasty parasites that can infect humans.

Bubblecar said:

I’m lucky ‘cos there are few snails in the Tasmanian midlands. In the 7 years I’ve been living here I’ve only found one live snail and a few empty shells.

EGADS! We are coming right over! Be there tomorrow!

LOL

Bubblecar said:

I’m lucky ‘cos there are few snails in the Tasmanian midlands. In the 7 years I’ve been living here I’ve only found one live snail and a few empty shells.

EGADS! We are coming right over! Be there tomorrow!

LOL

bit left of centre but…..

find one crazy bearded snail….
attach a stone tablet with ten commandments carved in them….
send him out to free his people

Bubblecar said:

ratty one said:

some people eat them you could zap and eat all in one go

You shouldn’t eat wild snails. They carry some nasty parasites that can infect humans.

yeah but they’re natural………..surely that makes them safe!!!!!

Anyway; they don’t like climbing over copper.

or moving over certain crushed minerals. Some images I prepared earlier.

Speedy said:

You could make a little electric fence around the lettuces :)

or you could wage an air campaign

Snails here giving me the shits some, a lot of them come from me transplanting cactus etc over few years now from relatives place other side of town, and they tend to move west-east here anyway so coming this way, so been putting out small amounts of regular bait, but only when it sort of gets lost down in the vegetation, like the ground creeping succulents I have.

My dogs on a lead all the time, so don’t have to worry much about him, probably more the sheep(singular) and the friend of a neighbour that has horses next door whose dog wanders over here I worry about, and other stray dogs come down here too.

Bumped into a little not-so-young lady at post office other day, mentioned it to her, she says she sprinkles salt around and on them sorts ‘em out, which sounds alright I suppose if it’s not going to corrode anything or kill plants or sterilize the soil.

I think i’m going to have to put out more bait, just continue to be very careful where I put it is all. On nearly three acres here, but mostly the problem is up the back where sheds are and most of the greenery and stuff gets watered most.

Summer will slow them down some, when gets scorching hot and dry.

I don’t like them on vegetables much, the thought they’ve been on them puts me off eating my greens.

Anyway I haven’t declared war yet, but will be soon if things keep looking like they are.

transition said:

Snails here giving me the shits some, a lot of them come from me transplanting cactus etc over few years now from relatives place other side of town, and they tend to move west-east here anyway so coming this way, so been putting out small amounts of regular bait, but only when it sort of gets lost down in the vegetation, like the ground creeping succulents I have.

My dogs on a lead all the time, so don’t have to worry much about him, probably more the sheep(singular) and the friend of a neighbour that has horses next door whose dog wanders over here I worry about, and other stray dogs come down here too.

Bumped into a little not-so-young lady at post office other day, mentioned it to her, she says she sprinkles salt around and on them sorts ‘em out, which sounds alright I suppose if it’s not going to corrode anything or kill plants or sterilize the soil.

I think i’m going to have to put out more bait, just continue to be very careful where I put it is all. On nearly three acres here, but mostly the problem is up the back where sheds are and most of the greenery and stuff gets watered most.

Summer will slow them down some, when gets scorching hot and dry.

I don’t like them on vegetables much, the thought they’ve been on them puts me off eating my greens.

Anyway I haven’t declared war yet, but will be soon if things keep looking like they are.

Can always reduce snails by removing them from habitat where they rest between rains or waterings. Otherwise simply remove the habitat and reduce the waterings.

the little white snails we have mostly, sometimes the larger brown ones but they aren’t really any serious problem.

transition said:

the little white snails we have mostly, sometimes the larger brown ones but they aren’t really any serious problem.

The big brown ones won’t be a big problem if your climate is naturally dry.
The small white ones are a huge and serious problem almost everywhere in arid SE Australia or in sub-mediterranean climes.

Oooh… I forgot: Ducks and chookies LOVE eating snails.
Perhaps you can buy Daisy a few of those. LOL!

I moved to an arid block of land that appeared to have no snails at first but upon planting and watering things I noticed thousands of tiny conical snails. Then one day I brought home a load of plane tree leaves thinking to make compost with them. I stopped for a cuppa whilst unloading and spotted a big brown snail(Escargot) climbing up the back window of the ute and cursed vehemently. Within no time at all, as I was aware would happen, I was able to collect 300 of these big brown slimers per sq m

fresnel_chick said:

Oooh… I forgot: Ducks and chookies LOVE eating snails.
Perhaps you can buy Daisy a few of those. LOL!

Duck poop squishes between naked toes something seriously trippy.

transition said:

Snails here giving me the shits some, a lot of them come from me transplanting cactus etc over few years now from relatives place other side of town, and they tend to move west-east here anyway so coming this way, so been putting out small amounts of regular bait, but only when it sort of gets lost down in the vegetation, like the ground creeping succulents I have.

My dogs on a lead all the time, so don’t have to worry much about him, probably more the sheep(singular) and the friend of a neighbour that has horses next door whose dog wanders over here I worry about, and other stray dogs come down here too.

Bumped into a little not-so-young lady at post office other day, mentioned it to her, she says she sprinkles salt around and on them sorts ‘em out, which sounds alright I suppose if it’s not going to corrode anything or kill plants or sterilize the soil.

I think i’m going to have to put out more bait, just continue to be very careful where I put it is all. On nearly three acres here, but mostly the problem is up the back where sheds are and most of the greenery and stuff gets watered most.

Summer will slow them down some, when gets scorching hot and dry.

I don’t like them on vegetables much, the thought they’ve been on them puts me off eating my greens.

Anyway I haven’t declared war yet, but will be soon if things keep looking like they are.

—

I just cant trust the greens from the garden since I seen the dog wee on them.

roughbarked said:

I moved to an arid block of land that appeared to have no snails at first but upon planting and watering things I noticed thousands of tiny conical snails. Then one day I brought home a load of plane tree leaves thinking to make compost with them. I stopped for a cuppa whilst unloading and spotted a big brown snail(Escargot) climbing up the back window of the ute and cursed vehemently. Within no time at all, as I was aware would happen, I was able to collect 300 of these big brown slimers per sq m

OK so after twenty years of drought I managed to lose the big brown snails but the little conical snails all grew into your small white snails.

I think I counted 9 or so species of snail at our last house. Half of which were carnivorous.

Atlas of Living Australia and Bowerbird are both excellent resources for IDing which snails you have in your area.

It’s just a matter of modifying the balance between the vegetarian and carnivorous ones…

tauto said:

transition said:

Snails here giving me the shits some, a lot of them come from me transplanting cactus etc over few years now from relatives place other side of town, and they tend to move west-east here anyway so coming this way, so been putting out small amounts of regular bait, but only when it sort of gets lost down in the vegetation, like the ground creeping succulents I have.

My dogs on a lead all the time, so don’t have to worry much about him, probably more the sheep(singular) and the friend of a neighbour that has horses next door whose dog wanders over here I worry about, and other stray dogs come down here too.

Bumped into a little not-so-young lady at post office other day, mentioned it to her, she says she sprinkles salt around and on them sorts ‘em out, which sounds alright I suppose if it’s not going to corrode anything or kill plants or sterilize the soil.

I think i’m going to have to put out more bait, just continue to be very careful where I put it is all. On nearly three acres here, but mostly the problem is up the back where sheds are and most of the greenery and stuff gets watered most.

Summer will slow them down some, when gets scorching hot and dry.

I don’t like them on vegetables much, the thought they’ve been on them puts me off eating my greens.

Anyway I haven’t declared war yet, but will be soon if things keep looking like they are.

—

I just cant trust the greens from the garden since I seen the dog wee on them.

No serious greens eater keeps a dog.

roughbarked said:

fresnel_chick said:

Oooh… I forgot: Ducks and chookies LOVE eating snails.
Perhaps you can buy Daisy a few of those. LOL!

Duck poop squishes between naked toes something seriously trippy.

I forgot that part of duck ownership…

fresnel_chick said:

I think I counted 9 or so species of snail at our last house. Half of which were carnivorous.

Atlas of Living Australia and Bowerbird are both excellent resources for IDing which snails you have in your area.

It’s just a matter of modifying the balance between the vegetarian and carnivorous ones…

In most instances where I’ve lived, the natives are all dead.

fresnel_chick said:

Oooh… I forgot: Ducks and chookies LOVE eating snails.
Perhaps you can buy Daisy a few of those. LOL!

And slugs. I remember a heap of ancient bricks in a corner of the orchard at the Mole Creek place that always had slugs under each brick. Whenever I headed in that direction the ducks would always follow, demanding that I turn over each brick so they could gobble up the slugs.

fresnel_chick said:

roughbarked said:

fresnel_chick said:

Oooh… I forgot: Ducks and chookies LOVE eating snails.
Perhaps you can buy Daisy a few of those. LOL!

Duck poop squishes between naked toes something seriously trippy.

I forgot that part of duck ownership…

Must have been a while then.

roughbarked said:

fresnel_chick said:

I think I counted 9 or so species of snail at our last house. Half of which were carnivorous.

Atlas of Living Australia and Bowerbird are both excellent resources for IDing which snails you have in your area.

It’s just a matter of modifying the balance between the vegetarian and carnivorous ones…

In most instances where I’ve lived, the natives are all dead.

I’m pretty sure we had at least three species of native snail at the old place. One of them only grew to be as big as the nail on my pinky finger. :D

Bubblecar said:

fresnel_chick said:

Oooh… I forgot: Ducks and chookies LOVE eating snails.
Perhaps you can buy Daisy a few of those. LOL!

And slugs. I remember a heap of ancient bricks in a corner of the orchard at the Mole Creek place that always had slugs under each brick. Whenever I headed in that direction the ducks would always follow, demanding that I turn over each brick so they could gobble up the slugs.

Get a bogeye, er: shingleback or bluetongue, er banded skink?

Bubblecar said:

fresnel_chick said:

Oooh… I forgot: Ducks and chookies LOVE eating snails.
Perhaps you can buy Daisy a few of those. LOL!

And slugs. I remember a heap of ancient bricks in a corner of the orchard at the Mole Creek place that always had slugs under each brick. Whenever I headed in that direction the ducks would always follow, demanding that I turn over each brick so they could gobble up the slugs.

Yes! And slaters… and pretty much any other insect/invertebrate one finds in a veggie garden.

roughbarked said:

fresnel_chick said:

roughbarked said:

Duck poop squishes between naked toes something seriously trippy.

I forgot that part of duck ownership…

Must have been a while then.

Yarp. T’was about 14 years ago.

fresnel_chick said:

roughbarked said:

fresnel_chick said:

I forgot that part of duck ownership…

Must have been a while then.

Yarp. T’was about 14 years ago.

Well it is forty years since that memory was indelibly imprinted. I’ve never trod in duckshit since.

Just use the blue pellets sparingly. I only put them out very sparingly (about 2 to 3 pellets around each lettuce) because that way the dogs can’t get enough together to knock them about. And it kills the snails. I don’t like the green pellets, they go mouldy.

roughbarked said:

fresnel_chick said:

roughbarked said:

Must have been a while then.

Yarp. T’was about 14 years ago.

Well it is forty years since that memory was indelibly imprinted. I’ve never trod in duckshit since.

All of your suggestions are sound,
…but here’s all the poop in one go:

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7427.html

This been posted yet?

Snails in your garden? Warm up your throwing arm, scientists suggest

http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-snail-throwing-homing-instinct-20140516-story.html

Boris said:

they climb

then absnail down the other side.

Chuckle