Why are snail trails so dot-nothing-dot?

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posted by jobes on Whatever

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[–] Polsaker 4 points (+4|-0)

They actually jump while you're not looking

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[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

They can't jump without the proper motivation

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[–] xyzzy 2 points (+2|-0)

It's morse code. They're sending you a message.

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[–] jobes [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

Edited

.....-.---.- is my translation. An online morse code translator errors out. Maybe they're using a different system in snail town.

Edit: "EEEEETETTTET" if using each dot or dash as an individual character. I kind of want to waste an hour writing a program tomorrow to decode all possibilities.

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[–] GuyIDisagreeWith 1 points (+1|-0)

I suspect it might have something to do with the concrete it is sliding over. Some parts may be more absorbent that others.

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[–] jobes [OP] 1 points (+1|-0)

That is definitely a possibility

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[–] jobes [OP] 0 points (+0|-0)

Is that snail excrement? Do they only slime so often?

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Why are snail trails so dot-nothing-dot?

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