Giant PINK slug found in Australia!

http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/giant-hot-pink-slugs-found-in-australia

Mother Nature can be very scary sometimes, how very odd are they

Eeewwwww gross

Ewwww, I hate slugs especially when you stand on them in bare feet

Cannibalistic snails found in the same area! Fun!

janey wrote:

Ewwww, I hate slugs especially when you stand on them in bare feet

Thanks Janey, that's going to give me nightmares!

It would be a very colourful game of Russian Roulette. Pour salt rings around ten pink slugs and see which one makes strawberry milkshake first. >

At least they aren't poisonous, bitey, stingy or deadly - everything else here is

And you can see em coming!

Lol. Those are such weird looking! I like banana slug hunting when we go to places that have them.

Ben, you're weird!

Caryll wrote:Ben, you're weird!

You are quick to spot it.

awwww

awww?

Isn't photoshop wonderful.

Not photoshopped. Very often, the inhabitants of secluded islands develop and evolve in odd ways to suit their environment. Could be a mimic of a plant colour they favour/favoured or could just be a chemical result of a part of their diet. Same as flamingos - they get their pink colouration from their diet. Most likely camouflage.

There are a lot of strange looking animals in the world.

Yes, true about flamingoes I admit. Just coming after the poo-burgers, the cynic in me kicked in.

Eurgh, that was nasty! I'd rather eat the pink slugs than the poo patties.

If I was pushed to it, I'd agree. Pink slugs all round it is then

Lovely! We know what to give out for the next competition prize then!

That is the coolest slug I've ever seen!!

I HATE slugs....they gross me out...just cos its pink doesnt make it pretty just a freak of nature!

I wouldn't say it's a freak. Slightly differently evolved perhaps? In a slightly freakish way?

Mind you, some sea slugs are extremely pretty. Still wouldn't eat one though, unless a poo-burger was the only alternative.

Land slugs though, those deathly white ones are the worst

kita90 wrote:I HATE slugs....they gross me out...just cos its pink doesnt make it pretty just a freak of nature!

It so does make it pretty

Steve wrote: awww?

they are cute!

Cute slugs ..... Nah! Shudder!

Cuter with a little added salt!

I be joking of course!

nah they are cute 'tis only a slug!

Nah. Still a slug.

... but a very pretty slug, make all the other slugs go 'ah'

slugs are just plain * every one i see get flush down the toilet

nah they are pretty cute for what they are but then i find everything cute

must has lung worm that kill pets

I don't know if all species of slug carry lungworm?

I didn't think ALL slugs and snails had lungworm

they all do

Yuk!!

Steve wrote:they all do

no i'm pretty sure all the ones in the uk do but not all species in other countries

i'm talking about the uk ones

Steve wrote:i'm talking about the uk ones

ahhh ok then yes i agree they do have lungworm

I can see how it's only just been discovered, you know being giant and bright fecking pink

Mike wrote:I can see how it's only just been discovered, you know being giant and bright fecking pink

Got to admit I didn't believe it at first, but it's in the Daily Mail so it must be true!

I was wondering about that as well, but apparently it's because they're only found on a very small, remote island. They're also nocturnal, so it would be difficult to see anything in a place like that. Apparently they also camouflage themselves on reddish-coloured leaves.

Or maybe some random is going around with pink food colouring and pouring it on slugs.