What do slugs do at night?

[Mojo]

As many of you know, my good friend Evil Al and I are often subject to walking around the village in whcih we live, late at night. What I don't think I've mentioned before is the amazing amount of slugs that we come across. Not just slugs, but snails as well.

It occured to me just now; what exactly do they do? They seem to be infesting the pavements at night, seeming not going anywhere, but they're always gone by morning. Where do they do? What do they do? Are they nocturnal? I'm becoming more curious...please help...

I dunno anything about them other than stepping on a big slug barefoot and in the dark is one of the nastiest experiences life can offer and that if you scream and jump because of it and then land on an incline, you can sprain your foot really bad lol.

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The Living World Of Mollusks

The Trail Of The Snail

Originally posted by Mojo: As many of you know, my good friend Evil Al and I are often subject to walking around the village in whcih we live, late at night. What I don't think I've mentioned before is the amazing amount of slugs that we come across. Not just slugs, but snails as well. It occured to me just now; what exactly do they do? They seem to be infesting the pavements at night, seeming not going anywhere, but they're always gone by morning. Where do they do? What do they do? Are they nocturnal? I'm becoming more curious...please help...

no they are not nocturnal, well not to my knowledge anyway. Snails do not like hot and dry conditions. They like it moist/wet or humid and not too bright. So really the best time for a snail or slug to come out is when its raining, or at night. when it gets too hot, bright or dry, snails and slugs will huddle togeather in a damp place so they don't dry up, or if possible, climb into their shells.

[The Ornery One]

The really curious thing about them is they love beer but it kills them. (Hmmm...simularity there to some guys I know, is startling.) My dog has also made pets of slugs. No matter how much or little I feed her, she leaves enough to attract the slugs and then sits there and watches them eat.

[AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe]

Originally posted by The Ornery One: The really curious thing about them is they love beer but it kills them. (Hmmm...simularity there to some guys I know, is startling.) My dog has also made pets of slugs. No matter how much or little I feed her, she leaves enough to attract the slugs and then sits there and watches them eat.

thats strange stuff indeed. What do slugs do at night, well my parents call me a slug all the time and at night I go out drinking or play video games, so I guess thats what a slug does.

Originally posted by AzRaeL StoRmBlaDe: quote: Originally posted by The Ornery One: The really curious thing about them is they love beer but it kills them. (Hmmm...simularity there to some guys I know, is startling.) My dog has also made pets of slugs. No matter how much or little I feed her, she leaves enough to attract the slugs and then sits there and watches them eat.

thats strange stuff indeed. What do slugs do at night, well my parents call me a slug all the time and at night I go out drinking or play video games, so I guess thats what a slug does.[/QUOTE]Actually, they eat and reproduce, but you were close

[Jeffi0]

Maybe they're staging a protest over the paving of roads? It would explain why they are only there at night because all the ones in the day got squished by cars.

[Larry_OHF]

I used to go outside and find one and make a circle of salt around it, so taht if it tried to leave the circle, it would kill itself, adn I wojld not be guilty of slug-homicide. Well, many slugs went that way...

By the way, stepping on one with your bare feet is not a nice thing.

[Ar-Cunin]

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: I used to go outside and find one and make a circle of salt around it, so taht if it tried to leave the circle, it would kill itself, adn I wojld not be guilty of slug-homicide. Well, many slugs went that way... By the way, stepping on one with your bare feet is not a nice thing.

*tsk tsk* Larry - how cruel of you [img]graemlins/nono.gif[/img]

did you also pull the wings off flies?

Originally posted by Larry_OHF: I used to go outside and find one and make a circle of salt around it, so taht if it tried to leave the circle, it would kill itself, adn I wojld not be guilty of slug-homicide. Well, many slugs went that way... By the way, stepping on one with your bare feet is not a nice thing.

bwaahahaha! Well done mate! . You are truly one evil character lol