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16-11-2009, 07:05 PM
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| | | Slugs eating fungi.
I hope I'm not pushing the edibility issue at all as this question is simply aimed at wildlife but if a slug ,as mentioned in other posts, ate a poisonous fungi would this in turn make the slug poisonous to other animals thus make it a very effective deterrent against being eaten itself? |
16-11-2009, 07:07 PM
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| | | Re: Slugs eating fungi.
Maybe - best not eat slugs, just in case!
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16-11-2009, 07:09 PM
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| | | Re: Slugs eating fungi.
Always thought they were too chewy and got stuck in your teeth ! |
16-11-2009, 07:13 PM
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| | | Re: Slugs eating fungi.
Try sucking them then!
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16-11-2009, 07:16 PM
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| | | Re: Slugs eating fungi.
Can't catch them. Too quick. |
16-11-2009, 07:17 PM
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| | | Re: Slugs eating fungi.
Nice one!
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16-11-2009, 09:44 PM
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| | | Re: Slugs eating fungi.
Shenk1
Hi there , that's a very good question and one I've always thought about myself as it is entirely logical, but I've yet to see a written answer.
So come on people, this must have been researched, but I don't know where to find the conclusions.
Anyone really know ?
Neil. |
16-11-2009, 11:04 PM
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| | | Re: Slugs eating fungi.
i'm pretty sure i read somewhere that their stomachs are evolved to break the toxins down in poisonous fungi, which i assume in turn would make the toxins harmless for whatever would eat the slug. interesting question, i might search around see if i can get a definitive answer | | |
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