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. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slug
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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 https://www.wired.com/2014/09/absurd-creature-of-the-week-disco-worm/ …
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There are other interesting ones in slugs too tho: "a possible mechanism by which P. hermaphrodita is able to manipulate parasite avoidance behaviour in host slugs is by manipulating serotonergic signalling in the brain" (is related to one in OpenWorm) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376635717305661 …
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Whoa, they don't know how the worm knows night and day? That is fascinating.
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