The underwater slug, which propels itself to swim by closing its hood like a jelly, also contains “colorful internal organs ...

Tiny black dots, or “eyes,” at the ends ... Often, to neutralize the mucus, predators will roll banana slugs in soil before eating them. To make slime, gastropods produce special tiny grains ...

His motor skills degraded rapidly and he was confined to a wheelchair, unable to go to the bathroom or even eat on his own. He fell into a coma about seven years after the slug eating incident ...

Not all slugs feed on vegetation; some eat fungi and a small number are carnivorous, feeding on the likes of earthworms. For many people, the large, black Arion species of slug springs to mind ...