Brain Facts

Did you know:
A lungfish can live out of water in suspended animation for three years. This allows the lungfish to survive during periods of drought. By breathing air from the surface of stagnant or low oxygenated water, the lungfish is able to survive where some species would drown.

Did you know:
Blype is the name given to skin that peels off after sunburn.
It has been defined as a thin piece of skin or membrane [1], originating in the late 1700s.

[1] American Psychological Association (APA):
blype. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1).
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/blype

Did you know:
An average snail moves at a rate of 58cm (22.8 inches) per hour.

But how do they move? Snails move by sliding on their single foot. Specialized glands in the foot secrete mucus, which lubricates the path over which the snail crawls. Snails can only crawl. Even those that live in water can’t swim. As they crawl they secrete a slime to help themselves move across surfaces.

Snails don’t walk, they slide.