Deep in my banana slug era..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 hole in the side of the head is called a pneumostome, it is where they breathe and breed. .They glide around on a layer of water loving (hygroscopic) slime that serves not only as their way of getting around but also as a defense against predators (licking a banana slug is not a pleasant experience).

Meet Melibe viridis, a carnivorous sea slug with a gelatinous vacuum cleaner for a head. By @sina.joelle The inner edge of the expandable hood is fringed with sensory papillae that help the nudi detect when a tiny crustacean has strayed into the death net. Most nudibranchs (and many other molluscs) are equipped with a rasped, tongue-like structure called a radula, which they use to cut and break down food before it enters the oesophagus. But members of the Melibe genus are not like other sea slu

Moment of Eww: Banana Slug vs. Snake