What is it like? Where can be found?
2006-10-04 20:02:13 · 8 answers · asked by cucumis_sativus 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Oh my lord some of our slugs are huge! 4 inches long or more! They are slimy and destroy a garden. Salt will absolutely kill them, very yukie.
West part of Oregon is where I am from. Pacific Northwest USA
I was not paying attention once and sat on one! Could not get the slime of my jeans :0(
2006-10-04 20:07:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slug, terrestrial gastropod, related to the snail, but with the shell represented by an internal horny plate overlying the respiratory cavity. Slugs eat vegetation and live in damp places. Some spend most of their lives underground while others climb trees in search of food, then let themselves down by means of a mucous thread spun from a gland opening on the anterior (front) edge of the foot. They may do extensive damage to cultivated plants and are particularly damaging in greenhouses and market gardens. The great grey slug, sometimes 10 cm (4 in) long, is a European species, introduced into and now common in eastern North America. A common native American slug is a small species, less than 2.5 cm (1 in) long.
2006-10-05 03:10:18 · answer #2 · answered by Brandon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a slug is bassically a snail without a shell, it can be found in most any kind of grass or other vegitation,in climates that are not too dry or cold,they are considered a pest becuase they eat valuable plant leaves and they are all hermaphrodites pouring salt on them kills them.for more info,try wikipedia.
2006-10-05 03:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by swamp angel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slugs are gastropod molluscs without shells or with very small internal shells, in contrast to snails, which have a prominent coiled shell.
For full details, please refer to :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug
2006-10-05 03:10:41 · answer #4 · answered by Shushana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are so many secies of slug it is not funny so i have listed a link that shows and tell about most of them, i hope it is helpful to you.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/search?SearchableText=slug&Search.x=29&Search.y=12
2006-10-05 11:57:04 · answer #5 · answered by pinkpiggies336 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about the animal but I have a friend with that name.
2006-10-05 03:15:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's an eng term when u say slug..s'times called leech..also,it is slimy dark grey brown..n sucks blood.found in damp areas,swamps,moors..
2006-10-05 03:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by Jane Fairfax 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like a snail...without the shell!!!
2006-10-05 03:09:47 · answer #8 · answered by -------- 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋