Spider-Man, Spider-Pig... or Spider-Slug? Check out this slug's new moves!

A slug slides down its own mucus in never-before-seen behaviour

Forget Spider-Man, we have a new slinging superhero in town! A slug has been filmed in Australia hanging in the air, similar to how a spider dangles on its silk thread - a behaviour that's never been seen before!

The slug appears to be dangling mid-air by a thread of slimy mucus. The mucus even drops ahead of the slugs body, suggesting it is sliding down the thread, a bit like a fireman's pole.

John Gould, an ecologist for the University of Newcastle in Australia, spotted the slug acrobatics whilst conducting research on some frogs.

Mr Gould said: "These threads are similar to spider silk... allowing for rapid movement between surfaces of different heights."

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The video shows the slug travelling down the thread of mucus before finally dropping off and landing safely on the ground.

Just as a spider is able to lower itself on threads of fine silk, Australia's striped field slug appears to have adopted a similar method of movement, only instead of silk, it is hanging from a cord of mucus.

A key difference observed by the scientists from the University of Newcastle in Australia was that the mucus strand also extended in front of the slug as it was travelling downwards - almost as though it were slithering down a vertical bridge.

Other species of slug, such as the leopard slug, can secrete slime cords to hang in mid air, but it has not been recorded as a means of travel for a solo slug before.

Pretty impressive - if slimy - moves!

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