Snails can hide in their shells for months or even years, slowing metabolism and sealing in moisture to survive harsh ...

"I am going to withdraw from the world," says a snail in Hans Christian Andersen's tale The Snail and the Rosebush. "Nothing that happens there is any concern of mine." In the fall, snails get cold.

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