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The remainder of the banana slug's body is the foot. Banana slugs move, as do other slugs, through contraction and expansion of this foot. Like some other terrestrial slugs, banana slugs have a backbone-like keel that runs along the foot.((http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/banana%20slug.htm)) | The remainder of the banana slug's body is the foot. Banana slugs move, as do other slugs, through contraction and expansion of this foot. Like some other terrestrial slugs, banana slugs have a backbone-like keel that runs along the foot.((http://oregonstate.edu/dept/nurspest/banana%20slug.htm)) | ||
- | =====Ecology===== | + | =====Behavior and Ecology===== |
- | =====References===== | + | |
+ | Banana slugs are detritivorous, eating dead and decomposing plant and animal matter. |