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Reading that article hasn't convinced me that slugs could be even a little bit lovable
or anything else apart from food for birds and hedgehogs.
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I think they put a bit too much effort into describing number 3
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Cannot be kept as pets then.
Just think that if they were not cannibalistic there would be even more of them.Comment
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It's a rather confused article. The only slug species I know of that do the acrobatics described in point 3 (which you can watch on YouTube, and is truly amazing and beautiful, to biologists anyway) are the ones they call Great Grey Slugs or Limax maximus in point 2, although they are better known as Leopard Slugs. They aren't cuddly but are very handsome as slugs go, and do more good than harm in the garden. I like to see them in my garden and never kill them.
But the slug in the picture at the top looks like a Spanish slug, which is an invasive species in the UK and many other places. Point 3 does not apply to them. Nor does point 1, especially not this "If they sometimes nibble idly at a leaf, it is probably because the leaf is already damaged or diseased." Spanish slugs will happily munch through whole, healthy plants, even ones most other slugs don't like to eat. And then they hide away and let the nearest snail take the blame. If I spot any of those bar stewards they go straight into the salty bucket of slug doom.Comment
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Don't get me started Cad?
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