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Slug with bright orange underside

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  • 04-06-2010 5:01pm
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    hello932
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    This morning i found a slug with a normal grey/black top but with a very bright orange underside-does the bright orange mean its toxic?

    Anyway i picked it up with a dead stick and fed it to a magpie-though whether or not the magpie is dead now i dont know...it flew off somewhere...


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    Degsy
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    Nah,doubt if its toxic..certainly not to a magpie..they can pretty much stomach anything.
    I hate that particular type of slug,they grow huge and i've seen them tucking into a dead comrade of thiers too.


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    Jumpy
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    A slug killed someone I knew from back home recently. He ate it for a dare. The slug itself isnt poisonous but they carry some pretty bad stuff.


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    Degsy wrote: »
    I hate that particular type of slug,they grow huge and i've seen them tucking into a dead comrade of thiers too.


    EEUurrgghh!
    Jumpy wrote: »
    A slug killed someone I knew from back home recently. He ate it for a dare. The slug itself isnt poisonous but they carry some pretty bad stuff.

    You are joking?


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    Jumpy
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    Nope. It was in the news recently, they were even saying some bad stuff about him on After Hours.


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    hello932
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    Jumpy wrote: »
    Nope. It was in the news recently, they were even saying some bad stuff about him on After Hours.

    Sorry about your friend

    but yeh i think i saw in a tv programme on nat geo that slugs are carriers of the lungworm parasite.Which is why i always wear gloves when im laying out salt on slugs.


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