Sexual Appetites

Granted slugs are of little interest other than how to get rid of them,but they have some strange mating habits. First off they are hermaphrodites which always makes for interesting sexual behaviors since if nothing else is going on they can mate with themselves,but what makes Banana slugs in particular a cut above the weirdest is when two of them mate the one who performed the part of the male has his penis eaten off by the other slug,which further proves their voracious appetites as the penises are nearly as long as the entire slug. Once you have digested that information you might want to ponder why the University of California, Santa Cruz chose the Banana slug as their mascot!