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		<title>The Leopard Slug</title>
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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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