• Question: can slugs have babies

    Asked by 698bsmf22 to Ellen, Elliot, Hazel, Rupesh, Thomas on 17 Jun 2016.
    • Photo: Elliot Jokl

      Elliot Jokl answered on 17 Jun 2016:

      Yes! I had to google for the specifics to fill in the gaps.

      Slugs are hermaphrodites – so they have male and female sexual organs. But as far as my quick googling has taken me, it still takes two slugs mating to create babies. The two slugs fertilise each other, and both slugs will then lay eggs which will hatch into baby slugs.

    • Photo: Thomas Biggans

      Thomas Biggans answered on 18 Jun 2016:

      Elliot has answered the question here but this question did make me wonder,

      Are there any animals that don’t have babies?

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