I was casually reading a Tofino tourist magazine when I first read about the banana slug.
I was used to thinking of slugs as slimy, dull-coloured things that are not the most popular creatures due to their habit of nibbling through plants and vegetables and leaving disgusting, gooey trails behind them.
However, I was fascinated by the idea of there being a slug that was bright yellow and resembled a banana.
Moreover, it was interesting that a slug was being celebrated and pinpointed as something to watch out for in Tofino, on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island.
From then on, I was keeping an eye our for one all of the time and then finally it appeared and I was seeing a slug in a very different light.
The Pacific banana slug is the largest terrestrial slug in the world and has a particular fondness for eating mushrooms.
Have you ever seen a banana slug?
Of course slugs are entitled to live a long and happy life, however, for me they are the least favourite of all God’s creatures. Pretty color though.
Poor slugs don’t get much love…unless they’re a banana slug!
Really amazing, who would have thought that something like this exists. Indeed, it has to be the terrestrial slug in the world.
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I couldn’t believe that a bright yellow slug existed in the world!
This little thing is super ugly but oddly alluring. I wish slugs were as interesting-looking over here! hah
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Ha ha, it’s amazing what a bit of bright colour can do for an ugly, slimey thing!
Ha ha, it’s amazing what a bit of bright colour can do for an ugly, slimy thing!