2006-12-12 23:08:29 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The one in my garden is now, courtesy of me standing on it!
2006-12-13 02:13:57 · answer #1 · answered by Pork_Purse 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. The common ancestor of all gastropods which are types of mollusc - which means they're related to squid and octopus - would have had a shell, this has been lost with the slugs so although they lack protection they also have less to carry around - I dont know if they go any faster - might be fun to do an experiment - but they're safe as long as they get some cover in the daytime. Snails die if they lose their shell.
2006-12-12 23:38:38 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow never really thought of it that way, but a snail is a gastropod and a slug is to, gastropods come on shells or no shells. theres really no dinfrence. except that each of their organs are put in a dinfrent place.snails in the shell, slugs in the body. so to sum up. a snails shell isent its home. so a slug isent homless ! hope i helped.
2006-12-12 23:18:22 · answer #3 · answered by christopher 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Slugs are gastropod molluscs without shells or with very small internal shells, in contrast to snails, which have a prominent coiled shell. The loss or reduction of the shell is a derived character, and the same basic body design has independently evolved several times, making slugs a polyphyletic group. Although they undergo torsion (180 degree twisting of internal organs) during development, their bodies are streamlined and worm-like, and so show little external evidence of it. Slugs include both marine and terrestrial species. The main group of marine or sea slugs are the nudibranchs. However, the ecological information in the article below applies mainly to land slugs.
The soft, slimy bodies of slugs are prone to desiccation, so land-living slugs are confined to moist environments.
2006-12-12 23:15:59 · answer #4 · answered by flymetothemoon279 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yeah, and a snail is a slug with a home.
2006-12-13 02:18:47 · answer #5 · answered by ♫ ∫aoli 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you considered though, that a snail might actually be a Slug Squatter....
2006-12-13 02:04:00 · answer #6 · answered by pop c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I always think that!! And its so sad!!! the poor little gross slugs!!
How horrible do ya feel though when you stand on a snail and hear their house breaking???
2006-12-12 23:09:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, slugs have no protection whatsoever! If a bird wants to get it, it will!
2006-12-12 23:18:47 · answer #8 · answered by genghis41f 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah! If they were viennese (i.e. from where I live now), they would be selling the "Augustin", the english ones go round selling the "Big Issue", I know because I saw them....
p.s: we need silly funny questions, too, as long as theya re harmless!
2006-12-13 01:34:33 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus is my Savior 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought a slug refer-ed to a bullet or bullet casing ??
2006-12-12 23:13:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋