Post by Chewbacca (Chewie) on May 8, 2010 23:08:37 GMT
They have thousands of teeth and have 24 pairs of legs. Their orange eyes allow them to see clearly beneath the murky, cloudy waters while the two antennae on the top of their heads allow sonar to pinpoint exact location and objects. Swamp slugs are omnivores, eating anything organic that would they can fit in their mouths. The teeth, or radula, in the slug's esophagus would pulverize any plant or animal matter ingested into organic slime. It appears that some dragonsnakes manage to avoid this and tear their way out of swamp slugs, but it is not clear how. They often get in fights with dragonsnakes, and when they do, the encounters are fatal to at least one contender. There may be two variations of the species. One, despite being hermaphroditic, has to reproduce sexually. Each partner would lay hundreds of eggs, most of which were eaten by other animals. It appears that there are also swamp slugs that do reproduce asexually. These slugs give birth to single offspring.