As with most non-ocean living animal and plant cells, salt applied externally creates a situation where the concentration of salt outside the cells is greater than that inside. Ions move into the cells and water then moves out to try and balance the difference to create an equalibrium. This loss of water within the cells causes them to shrivel up and die, furthermore causing the slug to die as well due to the lack of water.
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Slugs are cruel to lettuce so it's allowed.
It's all caused by the principle of osmosis. Osmosis says that the concentration of minerals inside and outside of a membrane must be the same. When a watery slug cell comes into contact with pure salt, water seeps out of it to dilute the salt to the same concentration as in the cell, thereby draining all the cells and killing the slug.
It's all caused by the principle of osmosis. Osmosis says that the concentration of minerals inside and outside of a membrane must be the same. When a watery slug cell comes into contact with pure salt, water seeps out of it to dilute the salt to the same concentration as in the cell, thereby draining all the cells and killing the slug.
Because salt absorbs water, drying the slug up.
Dear Asker,
they will die a slow and painful death, they go all gooey and melt to death. if you want to be a evil noob pour a whole tub of (prefabley) sea salt.
Because, by osmosis the salt 'sucks' the water out of the slug. They are not melting they are being dessicated.
They start bubbling its really weird.
It drys them up
yep. its funny. you should try it
The salt draws the water out of the bacteria. This causes them to shrivel up and die, literally. This is why people use saline solution on piercings and gargle salt water.
slugs do have four noses because they're smelling is better than ours so they can watch out ofr bad stinks!
Slugs don't truthfully drink water straight on. They get water from eating dandelion leaves and other vegetation. However, make sure to put a bit of water in its glass cage or glass jar you're keeping it in- It can dry up and shrivel if you don't.
you shrivel because the water you were in is probably not a saline solution... basically there is salt in your body and if you are in the water for a long time, your skin will shrivel to make up the difference between how much salt is in your cells and how much is in the water
No, they will shrivel up and die.
dont you know if we scatter salt on a potted plant the plant will shrivel up and die because it will become a concentrated solution ....................... ............... ....... ... . . .
If you put salt on a frog or any other kind of water dwelling creature....... IT WILL SHRIVEL UP AND DIE! If you give a little time of course.......
Of course they do! How would you feel if you had salt put on you? You know how the wicked witch of the west cried when she had water poured on her... So you'd think a slug would cry a bit if he was being dried up and dying..
Outside of an explosive like a firework, nothing 'blows' slugs up. However, salt does damage and often kill slugs.
Salt will kill slugs because the slugs body is covered in mucus and the salt will dry up the mucus and in a matter of time the slug will die.
Salt draws water from plant cells. This causes the cells to dehydrate and the plant to shrivel up and die.