Banana slug - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
Banana slug - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia
Feb 17, 2015
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They’re slimy! They’re sloooow! And they have a very interesting sex life! For today’s #EverythingButTheBirdFriday, we bring you the one and only Banana Slug, your friendly Pacific Northwest gastropod. Traveling at a whopping 6.5 inches per minute, banana slugs are one of the slowest creatures on earth. The amazing slime they rely on to keep them moist has multiple purposes, from locomotion to nutrition to keeping predators at bay (it numbs their tongues!). Banana slugs are hermaphrodites, so te
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They’re slimy! They’re sloooow! And they have a very interesting sex life! For today’s #EverythingButTheBirdFriday, we bring you the one and only Banana Slug, your friendly Pacific Northwest gastropod. Traveling at a whopping 6.5 inches per minute, banana slugs are one of the slowest creatures on earth. The amazing slime they rely on to keep them moist has multiple purposes, from locomotion to nutrition to keeping predators at bay (it numbs their tongues!). Banana slugs are hermaphrodites, so te
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The banana slug has a sneaky defense mechanism that might surprise you. Watch to see how this slimy animal escapes from the jaws of a hungry snake. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/moment-of/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fbkids20151217kids-snakevsslug&utm_campaign=Content/#eww__banana_slug_snack.mp4 | National Geographic Kids
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The banana slug has a sneaky defense mechanism that might surprise you. Watch to see how this slimy animal escapes from the jaws of a hungry snake. http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/videos/moment-of/?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Social&utm_content=link_fbkids20151217kids-snakevsslug&utm_campaign=Content/#eww__banana_slug_snack.mp4 | National Geographic Kids
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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).
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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).
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Check out this slimy slug friend munching this mushroom. This is a #BananaSlug #Ariolimax (species complex) absolutely plowing through this whitish mushroom with its iron imbued radula scrapers (basically iron teeth). I find that speeding these slugs up in time lapse makes them much more relatable and fun to watch. Hope you enjoy all the hearty monching!.This past year has been a tough one for me. On this day last year I had some major life changes that shifted my direction in life and forced me
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Check out this slimy slug friend munching this mushroom. This is a #BananaSlug #Ariolimax (species complex) absolutely plowing through this whitish mushroom with its iron imbued radula scrapers (basically iron teeth). I find that speeding these slugs up in time lapse makes them much more relatable and fun to watch. Hope you enjoy all the hearty monching!.This past year has been a tough one for me. On this day last year I had some major life changes that shifted my direction in life and forced me
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This slug is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S 🐌 Banana slugs are pretty neat. They are mollusks and have two pairs of tentacles. The upper pair is the largest and are used to detect light intensity or lack of light, similar to the way human eyes detect light and dark. 🐌 The smaller pair of tentacles is used to detect and differentiate smells, similar to the way human noses detect and differentiate smells. 🐌 For protection, both pairs of tentacles can be retracted inside the slug's body in case of dange
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This slug is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S 🐌 Banana slugs are pretty neat. They are mollusks and have two pairs of tentacles. The upper pair is the largest and are used to detect light intensity or lack of light, similar to the way human eyes detect light and dark. 🐌 The smaller pair of tentacles is used to detect and differentiate smells, similar to the way human noses detect and differentiate smells. 🐌 For protection, both pairs of tentacles can be retracted inside the slug's body in case of dange
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Banana slugs are the clean-up crew of redwood forests, speeding up decomposition and helping to recycle nutrients. These charismatic gastropods eat almost anything in the forest but ignore growing redwood saplings. As the redwoods grow taller and more massive, they create a cooler microclimate in the forest beneath them, giving banana slugs the cool, moist, shady atmosphere they need to thrive. 🐌 🍌 Video by E. McKisson / Redwood National and State Parks (NPS) Video Description: A yellow banana
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#BananaSlugs going hungry, a little tribute to Chris Cornell..Banana slugs are equipped with 4 sensory stalks, 2 eye stalks, and 2 chemical receptor “taste” stalks. They eat using chitinous ribbons of tongue-like scrapers known as radula. The hole in the side of the head is called a pneumostome, it is where they breath 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
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Banana Slugs: Secret of the Slime | KQED
Feb 4, 2025
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This is BANANAS 🍌! The second largest slug in the WORLD can grow up to 25cm (9.8 inches) long and hit 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. Slugs a
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Do banana slugs have bad breath? Have they ever been used medicinally? Why did people lick them? Meet the banana slug: one of the redwood forest’s most unforgettable residents! These slow-moving decomposers are essential to the ecosystem, recycling fallen leaves and turning them into rich soil that helps new life grow. They breathe through a hole on their side, can stretch to nearly a foot long, and have a slime that not only keeps them from drying out but also numbs the mouths of would-be preda
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Banana Slugs (Ariolimax sp.) are impressively large terrestrial slugs known for their yellow coloring, but they can exist in a spectrum of shades from bright banana yellow, to greenish, to brown, to spotted, to almost black. Color can be an indication of subspecies, habitat, age, diet, light exposure, temperature, and moisture..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
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Banana Slugs (Ariolimax sp.) are impressively large terrestrial slugs known for their yellow coloring, but they can exist in a spectrum of shades from bright banana yellow, to greenish, to brown, to spotted, to almost black. Color can be an indication of subspecies, habitat, age, diet, light exposure, temperature, and moisture..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
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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 breath 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). The slime also carries hormo
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Banana slugs (Ariolimax sp.) are some of my favorite animals. They slip and slide along the forest floor with ease thanks to their hygroscopic (water absorbing) slime. They secret a mucus from their foot (muscle on the bottom of their body) full of proteins that suck up water and form a gel. This slime serves not only to help them get around but also to deter would be predators, since the slime immediately aborbs water from your mouth, leaving it numb and tingly. Slugs also convey information to
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Banana Slugs (Ariolimax sp.) are impressively large terrestrial slugs known for their yellow coloring, but they can exist in a spectrum of shades from bright banana yellow, to greenish, to brown, to spotted, to almost black. Color can be an indication of subspecies, habitat, age, diet, light exposure, temperature, and moisture..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
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So Many Colors of Banana Slugs! #nationalpark #washingtonstate
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