I’m generally big on wildlife and nature, but the slug is a decidedly unappealing creature. There is nothing here that makes me want to get to know the thing better. I mean, I’m not asking for megafauna charisma, but come on.
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I don't like 'em either, but exploring their niche in ecosystems helped me find interesting by proxy.
Slugs are assholes
parasiteecology.wordpress.com/2016/04/27/slu
and are part of interesting dynamics between plants, ants and worms (particularly among European varieties).
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature
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Well they do get a bad deal in return as well. Everything eats them, sometimes in creatively hideous ways. For example wired.com/2014/09/absurd
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"Microcosmos" did a good job romanticizing these snails (which are just slugs with shells):
youtu.be/BEva0pT9ndg



