Land Snails and Their Life Cycle

While I've always considered "butthead" to be a figurative term, in the case of land snails the description is literal: land snails have an anal opening on the side of the head...and that's not all. Gastropoda (literally "belly-foot") can crawl over a razor blade without a scratch (thanks to the slime they ooze), are hermaphrodites (during sex, both partners swap sperm), and--like the proverbial B.E.M.'s (bug-eyed monsters) in 50's sci-fi flicks--have eyeballs at the end of their antennae (like Robert Bly, they see poorly; but they're very good at touchy-feely). Although Klaudiusz Jankowski's film is definitely old-school-no graphics, splashy or otherwise; no drum machine; no anthropomorphizing (just the facts), Land Snails and Their Life Cycle held my attention. Recommended, with reservations, because it may be too expensive a nature film for public libraries and too non-MTV-ish for most school audiences...but, like I said, it's definitely interesting. Aud: J, H, P. (R. Pitman)