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just peeled off the remnants of a large slug which had been smeared under my shoe. UGH. If there's anything that squicks me out more than cylindrical, limbless creatures, it's *slimy* cylindrical, limbless creatures. :(GAH!! Freaked out by Manu's story of the spontaneously exploding slug. Bizarre wildlife in Clermont-Ferrand, I tell you.
via Wikipedia:
Freak of Nature fact #1: Most slugs will on occasion also eat carrion, including dead of their own kind.
Freak of Nature fact #2: A commonly seen practice among many slugs is apophallation. The penis of these species is curled like a cork-screw and often becomes entangled in their mate's genitalia in the process of exchanging sperm. When all else fails, apophallation allows the slugs to separate themselves by one or both of the slugs chewing off the other's penis. Once its penis has been removed, a slug is still able to mate subsequently, but using only the female parts of its reproductive system.
Folk medicine from rural Italy: The garden slug Arion hortensis is used to treat gastritis or stomach ulcer by swallowing it whole and alive. A clear mucous produced by the slug is used to treat various skin conditions including dermatitis, warts, inflammations, calluses, acne and wounds.
Oh hellllll no. I'll keep suffering through that ulcer if it means I don't have to swallow a live slug. Or you know. . . try H2 antagonists/antacids.
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