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I used to had snails. They do poop on their faces all the time.
Says someone whose urinary tract is combined with reproductive organs
You don't know me
do people really think that's particularly terrible? if anything i quite appreciate the ability to flush out the pipes
If you think about it, organs that serve dual purpose for excretion and sex is disgusting. You're doing oral where pee also comes out. Most people don't think this is terrible because speciesm. We think possessing anus hanging over one's face is disgusting. But if snails could talk, they would say it is disgusting to have sex where your organs also just peed.
but poo is actually nasty, it has pathogens and is intensely revolting to most people
whereas pee is fairly inoffensive and mostly just becomes gross by association with gross people or by sitting around for days on end so bacteria can fester in it
I was almost mentioning that.
By Darwin, Huxley and Haldane: why are our playgrounds the same organs as the garbage ducts? Why???
i guess because the urethra is prone to urinary tract infections so it's kept away from the bacteria-expunger and put with the Goal Of All Evolution device
Urine probably also helps flush things out too, so you don't need to deal with as many infections from bacteria who also want a share of the nutrient slime gametes get.
You want wet? I got just the spot!
Great now you got me googling "snail anus"
Snanus
Snanussy
Idk if this anatomy is accurate for terrestrial snails too, but to be fair for aquatic snails the turds float away immediately.
Looks efficient enough.
„Darm“ is German for "intestines“ that’s the Weinbergschnecke, or Roman/Borgundy/Edible snail in English. They breathe where they shit….
What a nasty fate...and yet people put them in their mouth.
They’re actually quite delicious! And tender! People who say that their consistency is "like chewing gum" never actually ate them. They’re super tender like the most tender filet you’ve ever had. And it they only taste of the compound butter they’re served with.
You are wrong.
You are wrong.
I am Wong.
If they’re in water the poop actually just floats over their head like a hat
Maybe they can pull back their head into the shell before opening the floodgates.
headcrap