slugs
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Leopard Slugs Mate in the Most Beautifully Bizarre Way, and Nobody Knows Why
Under the cover of night, two large leopard slugs begin to court, circling each other, before climbing single-file up a tree or onto a rock. They lower themselves on a mucus rope, while entwining their bodies in a strictly anti-clockwise fashion.
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Tourist Infected By Brain-Invading Parasite After Eating Slug On A Dare In Hawaii
Hawaii health officials are warning residents and visitors to avoid slugs, snails and rats after the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) found that three travellers visiting the state were recently infected with rat lungworm disease. One visitor got the disease because the individual ate a slug.
