2 slimy hermaphrodites having sex in public...(warning: very GRAPHIC! )

[Richard Steele]

...dangling from the wall of my house this morning
around 10:30.



In the six years I've been feeding the slugs here (they love
the Purina Cat Chow) I have NEVER seen them out in the daytime
before now.

I did not know that they could dangle like a spider from a 12 inch band
of extra-thick slime...

And I sure didn't know that SlugLove involved a large portion
of their insides squeezing OUT of their heads
and writhing around together like an independently-controlled
third slug.

If you "learn something new every day", I think I'm
good until next week or so.

[wildhorses]

1. that is fucking amazing

and YES I have seen slugs in the day time.

[Richard Steele]

6. Have you ever seen them DANGLING like a spider?

I honestly didn't know they could do that.

[wildhorses]

7. no, I have never seen this before...

very cool...

[TimeChaser]

2. You know, that's almost beautiful,

in a slimy, slug sorta way

[Richard Steele]

5. I got some quick movies with the camera....

That white blob ripples and pulsates like a swimming jellyfish;
I actually expected it to crawl away on its own for a minute there.

[Kajsa]

35. I agree.

They may not be the most attractive creatures
on earth, but there is something poetic about
their posture and twirling around each other.

Damn! On a very strange level, it is beautiful.

[rug]

3. George and Condi are becoming very indiscreet.

[Radical Activist]

4. wow is that ever disgusting

I thought the mods were supposed to take care of stuff like this.

[Heidi]

8. Leopard snails!

We have those here, and I feed them. They're beautiful!

[Schema Thing]

9. Your Turgid Description of their Turgid "Third Slug" Has Me Slightly...

...what's the word? Oh yeah, icked. What, you thought I was gonna say "turgid"?

[Richard Steele]

10. Dammit, you KNOW I did!

[qnr]

11. Amazing. Nice to see they're going brick & mortar, instead of online sex

too.

[billyskank]

12. That's like really sweet and utterly disgusting

all at the same time.

[warrior1]

13. God

can't they get a room or something. What will we tell the children?

[Richard Steele]

14. I just noticed I'm too late for this month's photo contest: "Texture".

[Haole Girl]

15. Are you sure they are not trying to kill each other by

squeezing the other ones brains out?!

[Richard Steele]

17. Only because I did some online research after I took the photos.

I really wasn't sure what I was seeing at first.

Ocelot was thoughtful enough to post the
wiki article below, which summarizes it well.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

16. Wikipedia on slug love:

Reproduction

Slugs are hermaphroditic: having both female and male reproductive organs. Once a slug has located a mate they encircle each other and sperm is exchanged through their protruding genitalia. A few days later around 30 eggs are laid into a hole in the ground. Although some species hibernate underground during the winter in temperate climates, in other species, the adults die in the autumn.

A commonly seen practice among many slugs is apophallation, when one or both of the slugs chew off the other's penis. The penis of these species is curled like a cork-screw and often becomes entangled in their mate's genitalia in the process of exchanging sperm. Apophallation allows the slugs to separate themselves. Once the penis has been removed, the slug remains female for the rest of its life.
Various species of slug can also reproduce via tiny "darts" of sperm which they fling in the direction of their mate's genitalia.

[barb162]

18. ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[gr8dane_daddy]

19. If you look real close...

you can hear some Barry White in the background.

[Dervill Crow]

20. ROFLMAO - I don't want to look that close! eom

[Monk06]

21. Well so much for the leftover escargot but black slimy grilled eggplant...

[Nicole]

22. EEEEEWWWWWW!

I hate those things.

I guess this where the phrase "screwing their brains out" comes from?

[Richard Steele]

23. LOL! I can't believe I didn't think to say that! Good one!

[Nicole]

32. I'm surprised you didn't.

Reading all the replies, I kept waiting for it from someone.

[NMMNG]

24. That's rather....interesting

and different.

[Richard Steele]

25. Kicking for the Monday morning crew; Start yer week with some SLIME!

[El Fuego]

26. Ick.

Just ick.

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. Yuck!

and "they chew their gentalia off"???

Oh man...

[Richard Steele]

28. Well, both of these finished with everything intact.

And I have the blurry films to prove it!

[nutsnberries]

29. I'll add that image to my mental "now I've seen everything" file

I had no idea!

kinda gross & cool.

[Gato Moteado]

30. quick.....get some salt!

nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

31. Wow.

Look at all that santorum.

[Odin2005]

33. That is an awsome pic!

And shame on those people going "EWWWWWWWW," that's people's western cultural biases against slimy and creepy-crawly animals showing.

[Richard Steele]

34. Anyone who clicks a thread title like THIS has no right to say "ewwww"...

...about ANYTHING they find within.

I made it pretty darn clear that this wasn't gonna be kitty pics.