On this website you will learn about Banana slugs or ariolimax and there ecosystem, behavior, and characteristics. Some facts are that banana slugs are the second largest slugs in the world.
A banana slug resembles a banana and reaches the maximum speed of six and a half inches per minute. Banana slugs are a genus of air-breathing gastropod slugs in the Ariomacidae family.
Banana slugs are usually 4 ounces and 6 to 8 inches long. Banana slugs can have 27,000 teeth. Banana slugs have two tentacles to sense their surroundings. The tentacles can blow off if a predator bites it off. The banana slug is a detritivore so they decompose and decay matter to eat.
1. The slime of a banana slug is not solid nor liquid it’s a liquid crystal.
2. The banana slug is the mascot for the University of California in Santa Cruz.
3. The banana slug is the largest population of slug in North America.
4. Banana slugs have nitrogen rich feces like fertilizer.
5. Banana slugs play a role in dispersal because seeds stick to their bodies of slime.
6. predators of the banana slug usually roll the slug into leaves to get the slime off of the banana slug.