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4getmenot | 09:59 Thu 16th Aug 2007 | Animals & Nature

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Why do slugs react with salt?

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Slugs have to be careful so they dont dry out but when salt is placed on a slug, water from inside the slug quickly moves out through the skin to try and balance the salt concentration inside and outside the body. The result is that most of the water is sucked out of the slug and it dies