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		<title>The Leopard Slug</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 09:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-leopard-slug/" title="The Leopard Slug" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="130" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ls1a-300x130.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="leopard slug" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ls1a-300x130.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ls1a-800x347.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/ls1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The leopard slug, aka great grey slug, is among the largest of the <a class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="&#60;div class=glossaryItemTitle&#62;terrestrial&#60;/div&#62;&#60;div class=glossaryItemBody&#62;Terrestrial creatures are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land. They may venture into the trees or water, but their primary existence is on land.&#60;/div&#62;" href="https://critter.science/glossary/terrestrial/" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{"attribute":"data-cmtooltip", "format":"html"}]' tabindex="0" role="link">terrestrial</a> keeled slugs, with the ash-black slug being #1. They hail originally from Europe but have been accidentally introduced to various other countries around the world. With a stable and growing population and a large distribution, these [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>Behold the Giant African Millipede</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2020 08:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/behold-the-giant-african-millipede/" title="Behold the Giant African Millipede" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="142" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gam1b-300x142.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gam1b-300x142.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gam1b-800x379.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/gam1b-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The giant African millipede, aka shongololo, contrary to popular belief only has up to 400 legs. Even though the name &#x201C;millipede&#x201D; means a thousand feet. They are the largest known species of millipedes in the world and there are 10,000 known species! These interesting critters make their home in the [&#x2026;]</p>
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		<title>The Freshwater Yabby</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<a href="https://critter.science/the-freshwater-yabby/" title="The Freshwater Yabby" rel="nofollow"><img width="300" height="147" src="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/yabby1a-300x147.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="yabby" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="1" decoding="async" srcset="https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/yabby1a-300x147.jpg 300w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/yabby1a-800x393.jpg 800w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/yabby1a-1536x755.jpg 1536w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/yabby1a-2048x1006.jpg 2048w, https://critter.science/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/yabby1a-scaled.jpg 900w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></a><p>This article was originally published on <a rel="nofollow" href="https://critter.science">Critter Science</a>.</p>
<p>The yabby is common in Victoria and New South Wales, although the species also occurs in southern Queensland, South Australia, and throughout parts of the Northern Territory, making it the most widespread Australian crayfish. They have been introduced into Western Australia, where they have become an invasive species and pose [&#x2026;]</p>
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