Slug (Konokono)

Slug (Konokono)

Ilikuwa jioni Januari 25, 2018 niliipokuwa natembelea bustani yangu ya mboga mboga ndipo nikakuta hawa species (slug) wakiwa na affection and hugged together.💗

Nilijiona mwenye bahati na furaha kuwaona konokono (slug) wakikumbatiana na kupigana mabusu. Hakika katika hobby yangu hii ya photographing ndio ilikuwa mara yangu ya kwanaza kuwaona viumbe hao wakiwa katika mazingira yale.

Ndipo nilipoamini kuwa affection na emotions hatuko nazo tu sisi wanaadamu, kumbe hadi viumbe wengine kuwa wameumbwa na upendo ndani yake.

Interesting Facts 

• Slugs are invertebrates, which means that they don’t have a backbone.  In fact, they don’t have bones at all.

• Slugs don’t have teeth or tongues.  They have a special organ called a radula that has thousands of tiny protrusions that help them grind up their food. 

• Slugs lay eggs on the surface of the soil, under leaves.  The eggs can survive for several years, until the conditions are right for them to hatch.

• Most of a slug’s body is the huge muscle that is the foot.  It creeps along by contracting a series of muscles on the underside of the body (making a wave that goes from the back end to the front).

• Slugs are hermaphrodites, which means that they have both male and female organs and can fertilize their own eggs.  

• Slugs can absorb oxygen directly from the atmosphere in addition to breathing through the respiratory pore. 

• Slugs don’t really like hot weather so they are more active in the spring and the fall.

• Slugs are very sensitive and will dehydrate and die if caught in gusty weather.

• Depending on the species, slugs live from one to six years.  Older slugs are usually female.