What do snails eat?

There are two very basic kinds of snails. Some snails live on land and the second basic category of snail lives in water. Land

Snails like damp spots, especially in the garden. These snails eat decaying vegetation, fungi, lichen, plant leaves, damp paper and cardboard. Becuase these snails live in the garden and feed on garden plants, people often consider them a pest.

Snails also live in a water. People can use them in an aquarium and they live in the wild. These snails eat algea. In addition, they eat aquatic plants. In an aquarium, snails eat excess fish food also. There are also many different kinds of predatory snails that live in the ocean. These snails hunt and eat fish and various types fish and invertibrates.