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When I was a kid, I watched a slug eat a dandelion leaf. I could hear the snap as it took each bite. I hadn't really thought of them as having mouths before. I
by joseph 3y ago
When I was a kid, I watched a slug eat a dandelion leaf. I could hear the snap as it took each bite. I hadn't really thought of them as having mouths before. I must have imagined they somehow absorbed their food through all of the slime. It was also a revelation as I'd seen so many of those leaves with holes in them and suddenly I knew how they came to be that way.
- madaxe_again 3y agoYeah, on a quiet day here I can hear the snails chewing on leaves. There are slugs which use their slime as a predigestion stage, like leopard slugs, who are carnivorous. Their slime is an effective meat tenderiser.