A slippery problem It has been a rainy summer. Slugs abound. Slugs are tough creatures, they multiply every four weeks and can stay dormant in dry weathers for up to 4 years!
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Hedgehogs and birds who are their natural predators die after accumulating the human introduced 'slug poison' eaten by slugs. So now there are too many slugs.
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It is hard to say who the 'bad guys' are, but ecology needs balance. This prevailing imbalance has cost my friend her veggie patch tomatoes, as they were eaten almost entirely by slugs.
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There are ecological ways to get rid of slugs, by introducing nematodes (worm like creatures) and hedgehogs that feed on them. A hedgehog eats up to 120 slugs a day. You can also leave a tub of beer in your garden and very soon you will see many of them coming for a drink, then get drunk and drowned in the alcohol. Sounds familiar! haha.
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Note for the pure Buddhists and other non-killing religions, that the last method also amounts to murder. Or is it man-slaughter slug-slaughter or abetting suicide? :)
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