Talk:Slug
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There sure is a lot of info about how to kill slugs. But what do they eat? What's their life cycle like?
- Well now we have the biology, the slug killing advice needs some editing.Billlion 09:42, 2 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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Reproduction
Can we have a source for the claim by 82.33.116.160 that they sling sperm in the direction of their mates' genitalia? I no there are a strange variations in slug copulation, but this does need a reference! Billlion 21:50, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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Small shells
Yes some slugs do have small shells. For example the Shelled Slug Testacella haliotidea has a small shell at the anterior of the mantle.Billlion 09:48, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
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predators??
predators of what? - Omegatron 01:58, May 24, 2005 (UTC)
- Please clarify your question Billlion 18:12, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
- It says some slugs are predators. What do they hunt? - Omegatron 19:20, May 25, 2005 (UTC)
- I'm no expert but I did some googling. Some aparently hunt other gastropods [1] (http://www.ento.csiro.au/education/allies/gastropoda.html). Some (Testacella haliotides) pursue worms through their tunnels! BBC nature (http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/animals/features/291feature1.shtml). Similarly [2] (http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th11a(1).htm) Testacella baliotidea. Billlion 18:02, 26 May 2005 (UTC)
- User:JoJan has corrected me. T. haliotides and T. baliotidea are the same species. See Shelled Slug. Billlion 20:44, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
