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Slug with bright orange underside

  • 04-06-2010 05:01PM
    #1
    hello932
    Closed Accounts Posts: 325 ✭✭


    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...


Comments

  • #2
    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    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.


  • #3
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    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.


  • #4
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 11,928 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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?


  • #5
    Jumpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


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


  • #6
    hello932
    Closed Accounts Posts: 325 ✭✭hello932


    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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