GIANT BLACK SLUG!

Coyote Peterson | Giant Black Sea Slug

🍌 Second largest slug in the WORLD 🌎 growing up to 25cm (9.8 inches) and gaining a top speed of a whopping 16.5cm (6.5 inches) per minute (0.009 km/hr or 0.006 miles/hr). Banana slugs are named after their yellow to green colour and black-brown spots/blobs, which resemble the appearance of a banana of any ripeness! They are also long and narrow, similar to a banana’s shape. Their colour depends on diet and environmental factors such as moisture and light exposure. Look for these slimy decompos

GIANT BANANA SLUG!

Deep in my banana slug era..Banana slugs are equipped with 4 sensory stalks, 2 eye stalks, and 2 chemical receptor “taste” stalks. They eat using a set of iron imbued scrapers known as a radula. The hole in the side of the head is called a pneumostome, it is where they breathe and breed. .They glide around on a layer of water loving (hygroscopic) slime that serves not only as their way of getting around but also as a defense against predators (licking a banana slug is not a pleasant experience).