Thursday, November 29, 2012

More Baby Slugs - Part 1

I don't know about you, but I never get tired of observing baby slugs. They're just so adorable with their tiny tentacles and eye-spots. So, here are some more photos of newly hatched Lehmannia valentiana slugs:

1.
After retracting his tentacles, he balanced on his tail on my knuckle.
2. These photos provide a size comparison between an adult and a baby, as well as between a baby Lehmannia valentiana slug and Ventridens and Triodopsis snails. This baby slug is older than a newly hatched one, as it's larger and has already developed the species' two dark bands running down its body.

You can see here that the slug's body is still very translucent, lacking the darker color of an adult. The organs end abruptly, leaving its tail clear. 

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