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【No. 0385】Snails

Jan 7, 2016 20:03
We often see snails on concrete walls after the rain.

Do you know the reason?

Since snails' shells are mainly made of calcium carbonate, they are able to extend their shells by incorporating calcium.

Also, when concrete gets wet, calcium carbonate ooze out.

Yes, they come on concrete walls to eat calcium carbonate that oozes out of concrete.

By the way, snails have about 12 thousand teeth, and don't have genders.
カタツムリ

カタツムリは雨上がりによく、コンクリートの壁で見かけます。

この理由をご存知でしょうか。

カタツムリの殻は主に炭酸カルシウムでできており、カルシウムを取り込むことで殻を大きくすることができます。

そして、コンクリートは雨に濡れると炭酸カルシウムが染み出します。

そう、彼らはコンクリートから染み出た炭酸カルシウムを摂食しているのです。

ちなみに、カタツムリは合計1万2000本の歯があり、性別はありません。

Corrections (3)

No. 1 Barb
  • We often see snails on concrete walls after the rain.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Do you know the reason?
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
  • Since snails' shells are mainly made of calcium carbonate, they are able to extend their shells by incorporating calcium.
  • Since snail shells are mainly made of calcium carbonate, they are able to extend their shells by incorporating calcium.You can make "snail" singular as you are talking about shells which is plural
  • Also, when concrete gets wet, calcium carbonate ooze out.
  • Also, when concrete gets wet, calcium carbonate oozes out.
  • Yes, they come on concrete walls to eat calcium carbonate that oozes out of concrete.
  • So the snails climb onto the concrete walls to eat the calcium carbonate that oozes out of concrete.
  • By the way, snails have about 12 thousand teeth, and don't have genders.
  • This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

Very good spelling and punctuation. I have put the words that I have changed in red.

Toru
Thank you so much for correcting my post!
I'm glad to hear you say that :)
No. 2 Timmy
  • By the way, snails have about 12 thousand teeth, and don't have genders.
  • By the way, snails have about 12 thousand teeth, and don't have genders (or: are asexual).

Interesting! I've heard that cooked snails are very delicious.. never ate them though))

Toru
Thank you very much always for correcting my post!
So it would seem. In Japan, cooked snails are known as a kind of fancy French dish, which is called escargot. However, maybe I will never eat them, haha.
Timmy
You're welcome!^_^

>However, maybe I will never eat them, haha.

Neither would I.^_^
No. 3 シャル❇️
  • Since snails' shells are mainly made of calcium carbonate, they are able to extend their shells by incorporating calcium.
  • Since their shells are mainly made of calcium carbonate, they are able to extend their shells by incorporating calcium.
Toru
Thank you so much for the correction! :)

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