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Banana slug
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How long is it?
This one was about 8”.
Are these monsters found in your garden? I have a lot of hostas, which I love, in my garden. Slugs love hostas so do these creatures chew through other plants too? Birds and hedgehogs eat slugs so I hope you have lots of hungry birds in your garden Daveh.
Have a lovely day. Chrys
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Yes, they are in the garden eating plants and veggies. We constantly have to move them out.
I only know of two animals that eat the banana slugs. Raccoons and Pacific Giant Salamanders. They make so much slime nothing else eats them.
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The salamanders get to be 12” long and are entertaining in their own right.
'Out of interest, do they have a particular use. I suppose they are food for some creatures.
Good question.
They are important in the redwood habitat as one of the primary de-composers.
They cruise around in the forest, eating plants, worms, bugs, mushrooms, poop, dead things, and just about anything else they can find.
They like to wait under a mushroom till the maggots drop out then eat them.
Then they poop and give lots of nutrients back to the forest floor. They also help spread seeds which get stuck in their slime as they travel around.
There are only two animals that I know of which eat banana slugs: raccoons and Pacific Giant Salamanders.
The slugs put out tons of slime when attacked which is off putting for most animals.
Raccoons roll them around on the ground till their slime comes off then eat them.
Salamanders can eat them whole. It is amazing to see a 12” long Pacific Giant eating an 8” long slug. Takes a long while but the salamander normally wins.
After such a huge meal, seasoned with slime, the salamander sort of lies around for a few days feeling sluggish.
Well, thanks for that information, it was so interesting and informative. I'm going to show the photo complete with the information to our Sustainability Group. I have no doubt it will inspire interesting conversation. Thanks.
Perfect. I hope they enjoy it.
Oh my goodness. Interesting but not what I'd call handsome daveh121! 😁
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They grow on you after awhile. This one was sleeping. They normally have 2 eye stalks, and 2 sensory stalks sort of like feelers that can be seen when they are active.
They also produce more slime then can be imagined in defense. Pacific Giant Salamanders are one of the few animals that can eat them.
One of the salamanders here that get huge. They can bite and draw blood.
If you happen to run over one with your bicycle the slug can stick there for miles.
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Eeeww. And I thought British slugs were bad....
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