Oxynoe antillarum, the Caulerpa sea slug.
This tiny marine gastropod is found in the Antilles (whence the specific epithet), where it consumes algæ that continue to photosynthesise in the slug’s gut. Thus each meal becomes even more nutritious after ingestion! The slug has an internal shell, and when threatened by predators it will exude an unpleasant milky substance to ward them off.
Had a friend enter the kitchen when I went to take trash out tonight. HUGE leopard slug. It chewed my hand when I picked it up so I gave it some lettuce. It seemed uninterested. Tried mushroom instead and it was pleased!
It ate a lot of mushroom actually. Two chunks that size. Almost half a chestnut mushroom. Set it back outside after taking a few pics.
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Handcrafted Spotted Slug Glass Sculpture By Miniatureglass On Etsy
Ahhhhhhh! Do need!
I just found a new banana slug magnet the other day, which brings my banana slug magnet collection up to three.
The face of guitarists makes much more sense when they hold giant slugs!
Eating slime mold by MaximumMoustache
im laughing because whoever filmed this obviously filmed it to see the slime mold move and then this slug comes and ruins everything
she just wanted a tasty snack dont be mean to her!!
slurp slurp slurp
This post actually reminded me of a story a friend said she heard from one professor she had.
When he was still in grad school, some mutual friends set him up with someone. So, they went out a few times, and things went well enough that one night they decided to head back to his place after dinner.
Where the evening continued to go great, at least until they went into his bedroom. They were busily making out–and then she looked down and noticed this circle of salt on the floor around the bed.
And was curious about it, as you might expect. What had she gotten herself into?
Him, like a deer in the headlights: “They…they come out at night! THE SLUGS!”
Her, probably: 0_o
Yeah, that was an old basement apartment–and as he soon noticed after moving in, it came with adventurous slugs. But, he was stuck with the lease and the rent was halfway affordable. After waking up one night with a huge slug merrily gliding up his arm, down went the salt barrier to at least hopefully keep them away from the bed.
By that point he was used to sleeping in the ring of salt, and hadn’t even thought about it before bringing someone home.
As it was, she apparently thought that shit was hilarious. Didn’t really want to stick around to meet his slimy roommates that night, even if he didn’t have any kind of surprise rituals planned. He was mortified, and didn’t expect to hear from her again after making such a great impression.
But, they ended up getting married. And hopefully living somewhere that type of protection wasn’t required.
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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