Ever thought about slugs? What about jumping slugs?
Probably not.
But they’re a thing – and they’re threatened, as first reported by KUOW Public Radio, the NPR affiliate based in Seattle.
Like the threatened spotted owl, slugs are important indicators of the health of Vancouver Island’s rainforest.
“They are important to forests,” said Jennifer Huron, provincial invertebrate conservation specialist with the B.C. Environment Ministry.
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