Banana slugs are the clean-up crew of redwood forests, speeding up decomposition and helping to recycle nutrients. 🍌🐌 These charismatic gastropods eat almost anything in the forest but ignore growing redwood saplings. As the redwoods grow taller and more massive, they create a cooler microclimate in the forest beneath them, giving banana slugs the cool, moist, shady atmosphere they need to thrive. Video by E. McKisson / Redwood National and State Parks (NPS) Video Description: A yellow banana
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