Are Transponder Snails Alive?

Despite acting like machines, they are actually animals. Since being raised by humans gives them access to plenty of food, Transponder Snail do not mind being used and tamed.

Is the Golden Den Den Mushi alive?

3 Answers. In Chapter 386 Spandam is holding the Golden Den Den Mushi and mentions that it is a precious species, indicating that it is in fact, a living snail.

Who invented transponder snails?

The device was developed by French occultist Jacques-Toussaint Benoît (de l'Hérault) with the supposed assistance of an American colleague monsieur Biat-Chrétien in the 1850s.