Snails can have a long life. The life span for snails depends on their habitat and the species. Some of them only live for about 5 years. However, others in the wild are believed to be up to 25 years old in unusual occasions. 3.
Facultative means optional or discretionary (antonym obligate), used mainly in biology in phrases such as: 1  Facultative anaerobe, an organism that can use oxygen but also has anaerobic methods of energy production. It can survive in either environment. Facultative biped, an animal that is capable of walking or running on two legs as well as walking or running on four limbs or more, as appropriate.
Interpretative phenomenological analysis. Interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) is an approach to psychological qualitative research with an idiographic focus, which means that it aims to offer insights into how a given person, in a given context, makes sense of a given phenomenon.