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Old 04-08-2008, 03:44 PM
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Hi,

Following yesterday's rain I came across this dead stepped-on snail - and saw a brown slug resting on top. The 'eyes' weren't out and it remained in the same position for over an hour at least. In the morning the slug was gone.

Why would it have been 'sitting' on the snail like this?



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Old 04-08-2008, 04:17 PM
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Re: Strange slug behaviour
I expect it was eating its fill, they join my cat in his food dish, and some of the largest I have ever seen lurked around the drain at an old fashioned butchers shop eating the scraps of meat
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Re: Strange slug behaviour
yeah thay eat dead stuff
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Re: Strange slug behaviour
So the slug was eating the snail?!
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Re: Strange slug behaviour
Yes Jason, I too have seen slugs eating all manner of dead things. Just be glad they are not the size of a dog!!

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