Slug

A slug refers to any of various small snail-like terrestrial gastropod molluscs of the genus Limax and related genera having a slow-moving elongated body with no shell or only a flat rudimentary shell on or under the skin. Slugs feed on plants and are considered a pest of leafy garden crops.

When DNA Wonders released their L'il Geneticist Kit on 15 June 2143, the advertising promised that kids as young as eight years old could start playing with the genetic codes of amoebae and paramecia. Reporting this, the Anchor wondered what species would be next -- slugs and politicians?