A seaside snail crawling along the gooey streak left by another snail is saving a lot of energy, say researchers, because it doesn’t have to ooze so much slime itself.
Scientists have observed various kinds of snails following each others’ paths, says Mark S. Davies of the University of Sunderland in England.
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