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In One Piece there are some [snail-like
creatures](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Den_Den_Mushi) that

> ..have the ability to communicate with each other telepathically through
> radio waves. The people in One Piece world take advantage of this ability by
> attaching buttons and receivers to them. Den Den Mushi thus take the place
> of telephones and other similar machines in the world of One Piece.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/mpdJZ.jpg)

I have never seen one moving about freely. Are they _fully_ conscious of their
surroundings, could they move freely if they wanted to? Or do once they become
tamed and personalized they just become fully fledged telephones?


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Are Den Den Mushis conscious?


There is only one sort of moving Den Den Mushi. The only place where you see
then is in the [Tenth
movie](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/One_Piece_Film:_Strong_World)

> **Self-Propelled Visual Den Den Mushi** Shiki has a variant of the Visual
> Den Den Mushi called the Self-Propelled Visual Den Den Mushi (自走式映像転送電伝虫
> Jisō-shiki Eizō Tensō Den-den Mushi?). As the name implies they are able to
> move and look around. They also appear to be close to the same size as the
> larger variant of the Visual Den Den Mushi and have attachments that allow
> them to project what they can see to a monitor.

The Den Den mushi are normal snails untill people attach the phones to them.

This is taken from [SBS 41](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_41)(Q&A
with author)

> **D:** In Chapter 367, Sanji-kun destroys the Den Den Mushi. That's so
> mean!!! The Den Den Mushi didn't do anything wrong! Even a Den Den Mushi
> would cry if that happened to it! It cries when it hurts! It cries because
> its heart hurts even more than its body! So let's apologize to it, shall we?
> P.N. Naoko
>
> **O:** Oh, well, you see... OK, I admit, I may have created that impression,
> but it's okay. On the right is a wild Den Den Mushi. It has the ability to
> communicate with its species through radio (thought) waves. Humans attach
> buttons and receivers to them so they can contact specific other Den Den
> Mushi. So, you can destroy the receiver without hurting the Den Den Mushi.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/M94QW.jpg)


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