The reason why snails melt when they meet salt: Because snails have mucus, cells soaked in salt will be seriously dehydrated, and salt is corrosive, which will melt the body and eventually lead to death.

Snails belong to mollusks and gastropods, which feed on decaying plants and lay eggs in the soil. A mucus secreted by snails is used for danger protection. Snails live in dark and damp walls, grasslands, bushes and tree trunks, and are sometimes found in grass on hillsides and stems and leaves of staple plants, which are harmful to crops.

Snails also live in dark and humid places near bushes, low grasslands, farmland and houses. Mainly feed on plant stems and leaves, flowers, fruits and roots. It is one of the agricultural pests and the intermediate host of some livestock and poultry parasites.

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Prevention and control of snails;

1, snail crawling slowly can be prevented by artificial capture.

2. Chemical control should be carried out in wetlands, dead branches and weeds where Oncomelania likes to inhabit, so as to minimize the number of Oncomelania.

3. Agricultural control in spring and autumn, clearing weeds and litter in orchards, digging deep into the soil and clearing litter in time during the growing season can reduce the population of Oncomelania hupensis.

4. Biological control includes raising chickens and ducks in orchards, protecting snails and natural enemies of birds, etc.

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