DS has gotten very fond of snails, just teh general garden variety, they are his "friends"..

My mum stayed with us for a week and was disgusted at the idea of him playing with them with the goo and gunky stiff, so while she was here i looked up a site that said they were quite safe and the goo-ey stuff was not poisenous... i still make him wash his hands after playign with them and everything, but now my mum has been home and spoke to a friend of hers who has told her that they ARE poisenous and you can die from the goo-ey stuff!! Apparently only if you injest it (which DS is safe from, but if he brings one inside and DD finds it, it will go straight to her mouth)

So now i dont know, he loves his snails and yes i dont particularly like them, but he does, so now i dont know whether to keep him away from his "friends" or let him play with them. And they are everywhere at the moment, so keeping him away from them is going to be tough!!!

Does anyone know for sure?