Viva Lewes Issue #138 March 2018

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WILDLIFE Illustration by Mark Greco Slugs The slimes they are a-changin’ I’ve had a strange fascination with slugs since I was a little boy. Back then I believed that they were homeless snails that had lost their shells. It turns out I was right. Sort of. The whole eviction process had started as far back as the murky Mesozoic when some land snails cast off the shackles of a shell and evolved into slugs for some truly independent living. Sure, shells are great for protection and will help you to avoid drying out but they’re clunky and require calcium to construct. Without them you can roam anywhere and (to namecheck another mollusc) the world’s your oyster. The slug’s shell has never completely been lost – a fragment still remains hidden under their skin, a tiny, shrunken souvenir of their snail ancestry. You can take the slug out of the shell but you can’t take the shell out of the slug. Another link to their slimy dynasty is that slugs, like snails, are both hes and shes and, as hermaphrodites, possess both sets of sexual organs. This means that, if the situation dictates, they can go it alone and simply self-fertilise to produce their offspring. A true state of independence. Imagine if our reproduction process was so simple: no awkward first dates, no wedding cake decisions – just DIY duplication. And for narcissists there’s another bonus – self-fertilisation creates a clone – or in a slug’s case hundreds of clones. Imagine the possibilities – an army of Blencowes churning out wildlife articles for magazines up and down the country. But the problem with inbreeding (and you can’t get more inbred than having sex with yourself) is a lack of genetic variability. Clones all possess the same weaknesses. An entire slug population can be wiped out by the same parasites and pathogens. An entire Blencowe army could be distracted and defeated by a few crates of Ferrero Rochers. To produce varied and resilient offspring most slugs go in for the more old-fashioned approach of finding a partner for a quick rustle in the undergrowth. But one garden slug species has turned this chore into art – a flamboyant celebration of a lack of independence. The spotted and striped leopard slugs start their performance with a fair bit of slap and tickle. The pair chase each other around a tree giving each other some sensuous strokes and cheeky nibbles. Then they climb, shimmy along a branch and descend on a rope made of their own mucous. Here, hanging in mid-air, the slugs evert their sexual organs, entwining them to create a moonlit globe. This graceful, balletic trapeze performance has to be one of the most mesmerising sights on our planet. If you search hard enough you can find beauty in the strangest places. Still, if I was strolling through the woods at night, I’d hate to walk into it face-first. Michael Blencowe, Sussex Wildlife Trust 85
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