• Question: Do slugs have muscles?

    Asked by Luc_Sla to LauraAnne on 14 Nov 2016.
    • Photo: LauraAnne Furlong

      LauraAnne Furlong answered on 14 Nov 2016:

      They do! Their body is basically a giant muscular foot. For them to be able to move from place to place, their body shortens from head to toe to pull themselves along. The slime they leave behind helps to reduce the friction between their body and the ground, as well as helping them to find their way back to where they came from.

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