siput babi@land snail

i always wonder why on earth do we call them siput babi..
why babi?
and do their shells grow with them or they change them gradually.. do the shells expend like our skin/skulls/hair etc..? memang indah ciptaan Allah, siput keras yang hidup dan membesar..sapa tak penah hancurkan siput babi memang tak penah jejak tanah..
i bet all of us did crush them atleast once. i'd a lot cos our old house did breed a lot these snails.. the soil was quite damp and these creature were all over the yard. nak main tepijak..nak sidai baju tepijak..nak p sekolah tepijak, nak kutip kain tepijak.enough said, these things were meant to be broken. but they never decrease.always there to be crushed! paling tak bole blah kalau tepijak with bare foot!
so i hate siput babi a lot! benci tahap kejam. so, we did do something mean to the snails: sprinkled some salt and watched them died in horror..kesian. sekarang dah tak buat sebab dah cerdik sikit. they have right to live in this tiny world. biarkan mereka. i think being crushed by human is one of their black life chapters that the have to indulge with. so we as human just need to except the existence of these annoying yet amazing creatures.