Slug identification weekend - only £50

[WouldBe]

Yeah. When a slug retracts its eyes into its body it wraps the right one around its penis. Most important organs in a slug are found on the right

I didn't know that before doing the course lol

Not the sort of thing Attenborough would mention on one of his programs.

 

[WouldBe]

Probably

Don't know what happened there, I ended up with 4 identical posts but 2 disappeared when I edited.

 

[frogwoman]

Not the sort of thing Attenborough would mention on one of his programs.

Has Attenborough ever located the penis of a dead/preserved slug to identify the species tho?

 

[Epona]

More importantly, what was the food like? (Maybe I should have had second tea tonight, obviously starting to think about food )

 

[frogwoman]

The food wasnt bad actually! Slightly hilarious that lunch was sandwiches involving things like tomato, cucumber and lettuce tho, on a course about slugs

 

[frogwoman]

Some (although not all) of the round back slugs seem to be worst although there is a slug called Sowerby's slug which seems pretty bad.

 

[frogwoman]

There's a few courses like that from now until the end of the year, the subsidised courses are ending at the end of this year so book on while you can

 

[frogwoman]

Those big slugs are called Arion.

 

[8ball]

Those big slugs are called Arion.

All of them?

That must get confusing at parties.

 

[frogwoman]

Like for example the notorious 'Spanish Slug' is known as Arion vulgaris lol

 

[frogwoman]

If you see a similar course or talk on Slugs I definitely recommend going tbh. I still don't like most slugs but some are starting to grow on me

 

[WouldBe]

If you see a similar course or talk on Slugs I definitely recommend going tbh. I still don't like most slugs but some are starting to grow on me

You should move faster then.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Look at this beast of a slug - Aplysia vaccaria. They can get up a metre long fully-extended and weigh 14kg.

Aplysia vaccaria - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[WouldBe]

You wouldn't want to step on one of those.

 

[Orang Utan]

Look at this beast of a slug - Aplysia vaccaria. They can get up a metre long fully-extended and weigh 14kg.

Aplysia vaccaria - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

At least it has the decency to stay in the sea, thus avoiding the necessity for it to GET THE FUCK IN THE SEA!