Conversation

Notices

1. Frankie Saxx (frankiesaxx@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2018 06:54:50 EDT Frankie Saxx

   Guise! Do you know about leopard #slugs ? They are BEAUTIFUL!

   And also super interesting. They are hermaphrodites and when they have sex, they hang in the air suspended by mucus, kind of like a slug sex swing and they have giant blue penises as big as their whole bodies!

   Pretty amazing animals. #nature

   http://www.molluscs.at/gastropoda/terrestrial.html?/gastropoda/terrestrial/limax.html

   1. Frankie Saxx (frankiesaxx@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2018 07:05:44 EDT Frankie Saxx

      in reply to

      Life in the Undergrowth is a really good.show

   2. Frankie Saxx (frankiesaxx@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2018 07:08:59 EDT Frankie Saxx

      in reply to

      Life in the Undergrowth with David Attenborough is a really good show

   3. Frankie Saxx (frankiesaxx@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2018 07:20:40 EDT Frankie Saxx

      in reply to

      Also leopard #slugs are omnivores. They like to eat mushrooms (probably why that #slug in my last post was sitting on that mushroom) and lichen. They don't usually bother your garden unless they're overpopulated... but guess what else they eat?

      Spanish slugs!

      Now Arion vulgaris are also probably fine and useful citizens in their niche, and they're fun to watch, but as an invasive species, they can cause some issues. They're also super cute too... look at that little face!
      #nature

      1. Frankie Saxx (frankiesaxx@social.tchncs.de)'s status on Wednesday, 22-Aug-2018 07:27:40 EDT Frankie Saxx

         in reply to

         I haven't seen any slugs this year. I think the heat plus drought maybe wasn't good for them. Kind of bummed because seeing slugs is something I look forward to in summer