Slugterra: Slug Life – Official Trailer

🍌 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

Banana slug time-lapse | California Academy of Sciences

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