"Malcolm" wrote in message
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In article , 'Mike'
writes
A snail got itself stuck in the spout of the watering can. Its natural
instinct was to head for the light 'at the end of the spout', but of
course
the spout got narrower and it got stuck so we had to poke it out.

'Our' reaction would be to reverse, but 'can' snails reverse? Anybody see
one do it?

The (sensible) answer to your question, which no-one else seems to have
given (!), is that no, they can't. The sequence of muscular contractions
in their 'foot, which pushes them forwards, only works one way not both.

--
Malcolm

Thank you Malcolm. That is what I thought but didn't know for certain.

--
Mike

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