Joe Wynne 🌻 🚗 ⛰️<p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/MolluskMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MolluskMonday</span></a></p><p>We tend to associated mollusks with the sea, yet they walk among us. Well, slide anyway.</p><p>Slugs have vestigial shells and have to use their slime to move, hold in water, and for protection. Best not to lick them.</p><p>They are key part of their ecosystem. They recycle plant matter and disperse seeds and spores. </p><p>Mastodonians in the PNW Olympic Peninsula area live near the second largest slug in the world: the Banana Slug, which can reach 10 inches long. </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> # science <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecology</span></a></p>