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[–] [email protected] 68 points 4 days ago (16 children)

So, a typical snail moves at around 0.0048 km/h, and are around 1 cm tall. The snail in the image appears to be more than 3-4 stories tall, let's say 15 m. If the speed scales linearly with size, this snail could move at around 7.2 km/h.

So yeah, a very brisk walk for your life should just about keep you out of reach if you're in decent shape.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I was hoping someone had calculated how quickly a snail that size would move, and you did not disappoint!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

the problem is snails harbor tons of parasites, the slime it leaves will just infect everyone in its wake.

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