Sheldon

The large intestine is your body’s recycling centre. It takes the leftovers from digestion, soaks the water back into your body so nothing is wasted, and rolls what remains into poop. It is the slow, calm lane of digestion — which suits an unhurried shell-rider like Sheldon perfectly.

A lot of it gets collected by the large intestine! As leftovers travel through, the large intestine absorbs the water back into your blood so your body can reuse it for sweat, tears and staying cool. Sheldon appreciates the moisture — a snail never says no to a nice damp neighbourhood.

Funny but true: the large intestine is much shorter than the small intestine — only about 1.5 metres — but it is WIDER, like a bigger pipe. That is what "large" means here. Plenty of headroom for Sheldon’s shell, which is really all a snail asks of a home.

Sheldon is a PeekaLab creature inspired by a garden snail — eyes on wiggly stalks, a spiral shell home, and a sparkly trail. Never late, just fashionably slow. Carries the house everywhere so it never has to leave early.

Sheldon lives near the Large Intestine. Snail eyes sit on the tips of long bendy stalks — they can look two ways at once, and the stalks regrow if they get bumped!

Open PeekaLab and move your cursor over the scan area. When you get close, Sheldon will glow and reveal itself. Look for faint pulsing rings — that's a clue something is hiding there!

Sheldon is a fun character inspired by real biology! The creature design and organ facts are based on real microorganisms and anatomy, but Sheldon itself is a fictional, friendly version for kids to enjoy.