#Kaputar Pink Slug

[swordy-da-goat]

[chungledownbeamcannon]

I want to make a trans pride flag out of cool slugs.

[queallow]

We Stan pink slug

[herpsandbirds]

How many pink animals do you know? I need to see more pink animals. Also, I love this blog. Never stop.

Thank you kumquat xoxo.

Here are some pink animals for you...

Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja), family Threskiornithidae, order Pelicaniformes, Fort De Soto, St Petersburg, FL, USA

photograph by Joseph Placheril

Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster), male, family Petroicidae, SE Australia

Photograph by Jan Wegener

Mount Kaputar Pink Slug (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei), family Athoracophoridae, found only on Mt. Kaputar in NSW, Australia

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Michael Murphy | NPWS

Pink Noctuid Moth (Philareta treitschki), family Noctuidae, Turkey

photograph by Alperen YAYLA

Mwanza Flat-headed Rock Agama (Agama mwanzae), male, family Agamidae, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

photograph by Christian Mehlführer

Western Coachwhip (Masticophis flagellum testaceus), family Colubridae, Big Bend National Park, TX, USA

photograph by NPS/J. Radford

[earthsbelovedcreatures]

Red triangle slug!

Triboniophorus graeffei

“These unique-looking slugs get their name from the tiny red triangle usually contrasted against a creamy white background that decorates their bodies. However, sometimes, the red-triangle slug sports a yellow, orange, red or pale green coat.

These slugs include the giant pink-to-red slugs of Mount Kaputar and live in lush, wet forests. The Mt Kaputar slugs are one of number of unique snail species marooned 1500m above sea level on an extinct volcano near the township of Narrabri.

Many red triangle slugs can also be found in urban areas. Their slimy, circular trails have been known to decorate fences and spotted gums. Unlike pest species that feast on a homeowner’s beloved veggie garden, the red-triangle slug prefers microscopic algae and fungus”

[plaguedocboi]

top 5 slugs

1. GLUBBY!!!! The glub. The leatherleaf. The Beeftongue if you will

2. Leaf veined slug. Awooga

3. Kaputar pink slug. Like a raw slab of salmon went feral

4. Red triangle slug. Epic beast

5. Semi-slug. Too thicc for their shell!

[areyouafraid]

CERTIFIED DALLAS AWESOME ANIMALS:

bald-faced hornet

camel

crane fly

eel

european boar

giant african millipede

gnat ogre

house fly

koi

mexican tetra

mosquito

mount kaputar pink slug

olm

pariah dog

sea cucumber

star-nosed mole

xoloitzcuintle

[blubushie]

yippee!! okay, here goes!

rain world is my current game brainrot and i am Obsessed i keep playing it!! it's an absolutely gorgeous game that heavily focuses on what it's like to be near the very bottom of the food chain in a world where rain is so heavy it kills you

you play as a slugcat and with the relatively new downpour dlc you have 8 in total!! the story keeps fascinating me each time i delve into it

the slugcats are Survivor, Monk, Hunter, Spearmaster, Artificer, Gourmand, Rivulet and Saint! my favorite at the moment has to be Rivulet because of their mobility

more coming up!

1/?, 🧀 anon

SLUGS!!!!

I love slugs. We have some really cool native slugs here. My favourite is the red triangle slug, Triboniophorus graeffei, from the east coast of Australia and especially Mount Kaputar, a now-extinct volano, where it has a tendency to emerge after heavy rainfall. It can measure up to 15cm (~5.9in) which makes it Australia's largest slug!

A close relative is the amazingly pink Mount Kaputar pink slug, an endangered species only found on Mount Kaputar in New South Wales. It's in the same genus as Triboniophorus graeffei but is so rare that it hasn't even been given a scientific name yet! Unfortunately an estimated 90% of their population was eradicated in the 2019 bushfires that ravaged Mount Kaputar and it's not certain if the species has enough individuals to survive.

17 million years ago Mount Kaputar was a volcano what erupted and created a section of the now-extinct volcano that's locked at a very high elevation. When the surrounded rainforest was destroyed by natural climate change, these slugs were left isolated on the corpse of the volcano. They're not the only species relegated to Mount Kaputar but I think they're definitely the coolest gastropod there!

[creacherkeeper]

HEWWO. top five bugs you’d want to chew on (bc you’re a bug eater)

thank you dearest brother for this entirely hypothetical question seeing as though i do not eat bugs

that said should i be persuaded to under some sort of dire circumstances, these are the bugs i would want to eat:

limacodid slug caterpillar

[ID: a very spherical and featureless bug sitting on a leaf that is a slightly translucent green color, making it like like a watermelon gummy candy.]

2. kaputar slug

[ID: a large, bright pink slug crawling down a tree that has a slight crease down the middle of its back and branching off of that down the sides, making it look like a piece of raw meat or fish]

3. calleta silkmoth caterpillar

[ID: a fat caterpillar with a mainly light green body, with parallel rows of dots going down its body. the dots go from bright orange, to a ring of black, to bright blue, to black spikes. the caterpillar is on a rock]

4. rhinocerous beetle

[ID: a large, black and brown beetle on a branch. the beetle is thick and strong looking, and has two large horns, one on the top of its head, and another between its eyes]

5. picasso bug

[ID: a stinkbug on a plant stem. the stinkbu has an off white base color, with an eclectic pattern of teal, orange, and black that look like geometric, abstract art]

[jincheeto]

Hey for absolutely no reason whatsoever what slug do you think would suit Princess Bubblegum more?

Mount Kaputar Pink Slug?

Or Hopkin's Rose Nudibranch?

[cheeki-tails]

by the way fun facts for anyone interested, some of them are based on real slugs :)

surv is based on ghost slugs, monk is based on pacific banana slugs, gourmand is based on large red slugs and hunter is based on the mount kaputar giant pink slugs!

so! slugs, am i right?

[jammum]

CREATURE DAY

Here I am on Tuesday morning and that means it is creature day and today it is the Mount Kaputar Slug heard of it, I haven’t. These bright pink slugs are about 20cm long which for some it the distance between their wrist and elbow. They hide during the day and at night climb trees to feast on moss and algae growing on tree trunks. These slugs are found on Mount Kaputar here in Australia.

[dendroica]

Fluorescent pink slug, unique to Australian mountaintop, survives bushfires | The Guardian

A fluorescent pink slug, found only on a single mountaintop in northern New South Wales, has survived the bushfires that burnt through much of its alpine habitat.

Around 60 of the brightly coloured Mount Kaputar slugs, which can grow to a size longer than a human hand, were spotted by National Parks and Wildlife Service rangers after recent rainfall in Mount Kaputar national park.

The Kaputar fire burnt through the area for more than six weeks from October to December 2019, affecting more than 18,000 hectares of land.

The mountain was formed by a now-extinct volcano, and is home to at least 20 species of snails and slugs found nowhere else in the world. The area has been identified as an endangered ecological community, the first of its kind in Australia.

Some of the fluorescent slugs would have managed to survive the fire because they had “retreated into rock crevices” in the heat, the Australian Museum malacologist Frank Köhler said.

But around 90% of the slug population, which also hibernates in bark and trees, would have been killed in the fire, he said.

Much of the slug’s food sources – fungi, moss and mould – would also have been burnt by the fire, but Köhler said these species should recover relatively quickly.

In coming months the slug might be at risk of being seen more easily in the burnt landscape by hungry birds and mammals, said Köhler, but the bright colour could also act as a warning to dissuade the predators.

[diasporaslippage]

Just bought this! nice pet

[herpsandbirds]

trick or tasty treat!!!

HAVE A SLIMY TREAT!!!

Mount Kaputar Pink Slug (Triboniophorus aff. graeffei), family Athoracophoridae, found only on Mt. Kaputar in NSW, Australia

ENDANGERED.

photograph by Michael Murphy | NPWS

[natureisthegreatestartist]

What in the world are these creatures? They are Mount Kaputar pink slugs (Triboniophorus sp. nov. 'Kaputar'), an Australian species so brightly-colored they practically glow. Arty and awesome, right?