Where they go
In Banton slugs like to go about in the Andrew Dow’s woods, playgrounds, roads, burns, grass, pretty much anywhere.
What is a slug?
A slug is an invertebrate that has no shell. Slugs belong to seven different families which in spite of looking similar, they’re not closely related. Not every slug share a common fore father (ancestor) and slug often means a lot of snails without shells for example, sea slugs and semi-slugs. Snail on the other hand is the common name for Gastropods with a Shell big enough for an animal to get its soft parts into.
Life cycle
They’re are three stages of a slugs lifecycle:
Egg laying, childish and adult. Even though slugs can reproduce by themselves it is quite uncommon. Slugs can spend the winter at any part of its life cycle.
Fun facts:
- Slugs have blue blood!
- Slugs poo from they’re head
- Slugs can mate with themselves
- Slugs are right handed
- A slug is one big foot
- They are not related to snails
- Slugs have teeth
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