100 Mind-Blowing Slugs Facts

Not only plants photosynthesise. Algae (which are not plants) and some other organisms – including sea slugs and pea aphids – contain chlorophyll and can also take sunlight and turn it into an energy source.

Slugs only have one nose. It’s a common myth that slugs have 4 noses, but this isn’t the case. A slug’s features and sensory organs are found in tentacles on its face. A pair of tentacles hold each eye, while another pair of tentacles underneath contains nostrils. The four-pronged appearance of a slug’s face gives the illusion that it has four “noses.”

Slugs have four noses!

Slugs have 4 noses.

Sea slugs are almost invincible. If something severs the head of a sea slug from the body, a new body grows.

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