spectacular sluggish slugs

I have chosen to put this work up because it shows how I learnt to write reports and the different subtitles. Our class was learning to make better reports of the insect we found in the gardens. What I enjoyed the most was how we got into groups to classify our garden creature. I found finding the insect difficult because there were not that many to find and they are very tiny to see. I overcame it by working together as a group and using magnifies to see closer. 

 Spectacular sluggish slugs                                 

picture from: museumvictoria.com.au 

Family

Slugs belong to the molluscs family. There are different kinds of insects and animals that live in the sea that belong to the molluscs family. Molluscs are the largest marine phylum comprising about 23 percent of all the named marine organisms.

Nutrition

The food that slugs eat are meat. They are high and protein 12 to 16 percent. You can not eat garden slugs because they are not escargot.

Movement

As you see slugs do not have any shell or any legs. Although it does make slime. Slug move by their foot. They have a body part called a foot. A slug moves by rhythmic waves of muscular contraction on the underside of its foot.

Adaptation

Slugs have tentacles to feel. Their upper two tentacles have two eye spots at the very top, it helps them to detect movement and shades of gray.

Enemies

Slugs have many enemies their enemies are : ground beetles , snakes, toads, turtles and birds. Slugs might have many enemies but they can camouflage into brown stuff such as logs, woods, sticks and other obstacles that are brown.

Body parts

Slugs have many body parts.

Slugs have two pairs of tentacles also known as feelers.

They also have a body that is shaped in cross section.

The mantel of the slug is the mantelpiece of the shelf.

The part behind the mantel is called a tail.

Slugs are slightly different to snails because they do not have a shell that they carry at the back.

Habitat

Slugs live in the garden. They like to live in damp places where there is enough water to drink from.They like damp places instead of warm places.

Death

Many slugs do not hibernate like snails do. They die in Autumn after laying their eggs. Some slugs survive in the winter frost but many other slugs die. When it is the next spring new freshly baby slugs hatched out from their tiny eggs. Some slugs are deeply dug into the ground to be safe.

Glossary:

marine - relating to or found in the sea.

phylum - a category that ranks above class and below kingdom.

comprising - consist of.

organisms - an individual mammal, plant or single life form.

escargot - an edible snail .

muscular - relating to or affecting the muscles.

contraction - the process of becoming smaller.

detect -  discover or identify.

mantel piece - a structure of wood, stone or marble above or around the fireplace.

damp - wet.
cross section - straight line shape like a triangle.