Likely the result of some radioactive mollusk DNA being spliced in when first spawned, Snail Wassies ('Snails' for short) are incredibly similar in morphology to the average garden snail. Featuring a coiled shell which they carry on their back and moving about via a slimy snail-like 'foot' instead of feet, Snails are extremely slow both physically and mentally.
The coiled shells of Snails are not functional. They are not large enough for the Wassie to retract into it for protection and even if it were, it would not provide much protection because the shells are heavy (by Wassie standards) but incredibly brittle and there are recorded occasions of a Snail's shell simply imploding in the presence of poor singers with high pitched voices. Strangely enough, Snails tend to find a place in Wassie communities (particularly nomadic Wassie communities) because Wassies seem willing to carry Snails to compensate for their incredibly limited mobility.
Snails provide benefits to a nomadic Wassie group because the disgusting mucus trail that it leave behind when it does move about is able to repel certain predators (and other Wassies). Wassies have thus been seen using Snails to create no-entry zones around resting areas and territories. When predators are detected, Snails are often put down to either repel the predator or, as an alternative slow-moving sacrifices to the predator.
The whirly pattern of the shell is also known to have a somewhat hypnotizing effect on other Wassies, particularly 'young' Wassies in the first few days of their life cycles. As part of a microculture among Wassies, Wassies sometimes beat on Snails' shells as if they were drums or painted on them with food leftovers as if they were canvases. Both activities are often fatal to a Snail.
