New Egg-Sucking Sea Slug Outlier in Vegetarian Group (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

New Egg-Sucking Sea Slug Outlier in Vegetarian Group

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Olea hensoni feeds on the eggs of other slugs and snails. Researchers are unsure if the slug's diet of eggs is an advantage over plant-eating slugs or if it may ultimately limit the evolution of its lineage, becoming a dietary dead-end.

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Florida Museum photo by Gustav Paulay

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