Our #ParkRangers are a great resource for learning about the redwoods…and banana slugs! #BananaSlugs #FindYourPark #Redwood [Video descriptions: two rangers are walking on a trail through the redwood forest. One of the rangers is filming the video as the other ranger is walking and talking about the redwoods. The ranger in front of the camera keeps getting sidetracked by banana slug facts. The ranger behind the camera points the camera at the ground while explaining the video isn’t supposed to b

The mighty banana slug is an important member of the redwood forest community and the University of California Santa Cruz's iconic mascot. Did any of these facts surprise you? Tap the link in bio to learn more about these cute creatures. 🎥 @kicking.girl | KQED

They’re slimy! They’re sloooow! And they have a very interesting sex life! For today’s #EverythingButTheBirdFriday, we bring you the one and only Banana Slug, your friendly Pacific Northwest gastropod. Traveling at a whopping 6.5 inches per minute, banana slugs are one of the slowest creatures on earth. The amazing slime they rely on to keep them moist has multiple purposes, from locomotion to nutrition to keeping predators at bay (it numbs their tongues!). Banana slugs are hermaphrodites, so te

Banana Slugs (Ariolimax sp.) are impressively large terrestrial slugs known for their yellow coloring, but they can exist in a spectrum of shades from bright banana yellow, to greenish, to brown, to spotted, to almost black. Color can be an indication of subspecies, habitat, age, diet, light exposure, temperature, and moisture..Banana slugs are equipped with 4 sensory stalks, 2 eye stalks, and 2 chemical receptor “taste” stalks. They eat using a set of iron imbued scrapers known as a radula. The