 Some writers have commented on the parallel between the love darts of snails and the love darts fired by the mythological being Cupid , known as Eros in Greek mythology . It is even possible that there is a connection between the behavior of the snails and the myth . Malacologist ( mollusk expert ) Ronald Chase of McGill University said about the garden snail Cornu aspersum , " I believe the myth of Cupid and his arrows has its basis in this snail species , which is native to Greece " . He added , " The Greeks probably knew about this behavior because they were pretty good naturalists and observers . " 
