What is it??

June 2, 2012 7:41 PM

Help identify this creature/thing!

My cousin found this on the sidewalk. Gross thing.

We have absolutely no idea what it is—if it's a being, food product, plant, we have no idea. Anybody have a clue?

posted by blithecatpie to Grab Bag (7 answers total)

Looks like a slug to me. Not sure what the black thing is though...
posted by Wretch729 at 7:42 PM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

Best answer: It looks like a partially squished slug. I think the black stuff is its insides.
posted by Gneisskate at 7:46 PM on June 2, 2012 [1 favorite]

Best answer: Yep, slug with guts showing.
posted by Specklet at 7:47 PM on June 2, 2012 [3 favorites]

Best answer: nthing the slug. You can see the mantle and the little airhole. Here - anatomy!
posted by OrangeDrink at 10:26 AM on June 3, 2012

I prefer to think of it as a badly deformed newborn squirrel.

But it's not.
posted by waldo at 12:36 PM on June 3, 2012

It looks a lot like most of a banana slug, which it might be if you're in the Pacific Northwest. Definitely a slug, though. Gross. How big is it?
posted by blnkfrnk at 6:57 PM on June 3, 2012

Response by poster: @blnkfrnk It was about 1.5-2 in. ;P

Thank you, everyone! Mystery solved.
posted by blithecatpie at 4:49 PM on June 5, 2012