why is mucus secreted by snail foot
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A snail uses its single long, muscular foot to crawl on a layer of mucus-like slime that it secretes. This mucus has unusual physical properties, and scientists assumed that these sticky properties were essential for snail movement
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Answer: snails have a large flat footmade up of strong muscles the foot produces a slimy substance called mucus which reduces the friction between the foot and the ground surface the muscles of the snail enable it to move forward. A trail of the mucus when the snail crawl the shell does not help in moving from place to place .
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