This film introduces children to an animal usually overlooked in nature studies: the slug -- the shell-less snail -- the slimy, yucky animal we don't want to touch or see. Related to the ordinary ...

He bounces around, gives out free hugs, waves to the kids, and makes people laugh. Sammy the Slug, with his giant yellow body, attentively upright banana slug feelers, and enormous smile, seems like a ...

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Jaymi Heimbuch is a writer and photographer specializing in wildlife conservation, technology, and food. She is the author of "The Ethiopian Wolf: Hope at the Edge of Extinction." Banana slugs are ...