Photo by Steven N. Severinghaus (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nA Trail of Slime<\/h3>\n
The Leopard Slug is nocturnal, which means they come out at night to begin looking for food. This particular slog eats a variety of items including leaves, flowers, fruit, mushrooms, carrion and will actually hunt other slugs. I am sure you have noticed a trail of slime that follows a slug. These animals actually travel on a “cushion” of slime, which leaves this trail behind. The nice thing about the trail is it allow the Leopard Slug to return to their feeding grounds the next night. I guess it is similar to Hansel and Gretel dropping bread crumbs.<\/p>\n
That does it for the Leopard Slug. I hope you enjoyed our slimy Wild Fact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you don’t like large, slow-moving, slimy things then today’s Wild Fact on the Leopard Slug may not be your favourite. Although, if you stick around you will learn that one of the largest keel air-breathing land slugs is actually quite fascinating. Although the Leopard Slug, also known as the Great Grey Slug, is thought to be native to Europe, they can be found pretty much everywhere. Our North American readers may even recognize them since these slugs were introduced to the east and west coasts of the continent. Just think how long it must have taken for a slug <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,2536,2535,2538,4025,2537,781],"yoast_head":"\n
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