A slug’s body is composed of approximately 80% to 90% water. As a result, it is susceptible to desiccation (extreme dryness), which is worsened by the fact that slugs have little or no shells.

3. They Are Slow . Banana slugs are extraordinarily slow.   A speedy banana slug only moves 7.5 inches per minute. The same study measured some moving a mere 4.6 inches per minute.

Stuart Brown via Flickr // CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. If you want to dream up an alien species for the next big sci-fi blockbuster, start with slug anatomy.First, check out the tentacles. Slugs have four ...

Metal Slug X - Facts and Screens by Thomas on March 11, 2002 @ 7:18 p.m. PST. PlayStation gamers get a dose of all-out action to prove that pure, addictive gameplay doesn’t come at a price.

There are more than 3,000 known species of nudibranch and their scientific name, Nudibranchia, means naked gills. Generally oblong in shape, nudibranchs can be thick or flattened, long or short ...

These “butterflies of the ocean” are beautiful, deadly, and strange. 1. THERE ARE MORE THAN 3000 SPECIES. Bernard Picton, Wikimedia Commons // CC BY-SA 4.0 The bizarre, beautiful sea slugs ...

You'll find this hard to believe, no doubt, but our ordinary garden slugs have teeth and can kill you. It's true. In Anne Jaeger's Video of the Month, an expert explains slug facts and why we need ...

Myth 1: Attractant additives improve control. The slug pellet is purely a vehicle for getting the active ingredient into the slug, with the bait needing to be palatable enough to ensure each ...