| Re: Slug needs a name
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Originally Posted by Eponaceae  If it's Arion ater.. if you give him/her a gentle (gentle) poke with your finger, he'll crunch up to a surprisingly small hunched shape, with all the strange wrinkles on his back showing. And keep watching.. because then he'll actually start wiggling from side to side. I only found this out very recently and can't believe I've never noticed before. But then I only found an enthusiasm for slugs recently. And I'm losing it since they started eating my plants. No, I rather like them really. | Are they not hermaphrodite? Interesting observation you have made about them not only hunching up but wiggling from side to side. It must be a reaction to put a predator off.
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