Image and video credits

Last updated October 21, 2026

We only use images we have permission to use, and we are grateful to the photographers and researchers who share their work openly. Every image below is credited on the page where it appears too.

Images

Image	Creator	Licence
A brown garden snail (Cornu aspersum) crawling along a path with its tentacles extended	Gzen92	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A garden snail hanging from the edge of a green leaf, held on by its own mucus	Grendelkhan	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A giant African land snail (Achatina fulica) climbing a metal gate	Scot Nelson	CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
A giant African land snail with a long striped shell crawling on the forest floor	Charles J. Sharp	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A snail leaving a shiny slime trail across a carpet	Thales from Issaquah, US	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The entrance of a snail farm (heliciculture) in Provence, France	Vmenkov	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Scientific diagram summarising the researched medical uses of snail mucus, including wound healing and antimicrobial activity	Pritha Sarkar, Disha Iyengar, Kausik Mukhopadhyay	CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A Roman snail (Helix pomatia) with a large pale shell on moss	Hans Hillewaert	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Close-up of a garden snail's head and tentacles	Zachi Evenor	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A tiny young garden snail with a translucent shell	Matthew T Rader	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A woman pressing a few drops of serum into her cheek with her fingertips	Shixart1985	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A flat lay of Korean skincare products, including serums, creams and a calming lotion	Jmh65890	CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
A woman doing her skincare routine in front of a mirror	Shixart1985	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A garden snail crossing a wet sidewalk in the morning	Grendelkhan	CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A small snail resting in the palm of an outstretched hand on a woodland path	Shixart1985	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
The patterned golden-brown shell of a large garden snail (Cornu aspersum maxima)	Llez	CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A person scooping face cream from a small white jar with a fingertip	Shixart1985	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Hands holding an open amber jar of skincare balm and its lid	Shixart1985	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A land snail with a glossy red-brown shell, wet from the rain	Puvent Santhrasagaran	CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A small banded garden snail on a wet wooden handrail covered in droplets	W.carter	CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
A teenager in profile with acne across the forehead and cheek	NikosLikomitros	CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
Three garden snails crawling across an open palm	Alexrstone	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Hands squeezing a dab of moisturizing cream onto the back of one hand	Moose Photos	CC0 via Wikimedia Commons
A woman picking a skincare product from a shelf of serums and creams	Shixart1985	CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A dollop of white cream on a clear glass dish	Benff	CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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