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| 'Sleepless slugs' on rise, say experts | 'Sleepless slugs' on rise, say experts |
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| Last year's wet summer, followed by one of the warmest winters on record, has helped to create a generation of sleepless slugs, wildlife experts have warned. | Last year's wet summer, followed by one of the warmest winters on record, has helped to create a generation of sleepless slugs, wildlife experts have warned. |
| The weather has not been sufficiently cold enough in recent months to send the creatures into hibernation. | The weather has not been sufficiently cold enough in recent months to send the creatures into hibernation. |
| Conservation charity BugLife has predicted Britons will start to a see a slug population explosion take effect. | Conservation charity BugLife has predicted Britons will start to a see a slug population explosion take effect. |
| The charity said the gastropods could lay up to 200 eggs per cubic metre. | The charity said the gastropods could lay up to 200 eggs per cubic metre. |
| BBC's environment correspondent Claire Marshall said that slugs stay active when temperatures remain above 5C. | BBC's environment correspondent Claire Marshall said that slugs stay active when temperatures remain above 5C. |
| Our correspondent added: "So, with little snow and frost, many never went in to hibernation, and they have been making the most of it - eating and breeding all through the winter months." | Our correspondent added: "So, with little snow and frost, many never went in to hibernation, and they have been making the most of it - eating and breeding all through the winter months." |
| She said an average British garden could be harbouring as many as 20,000 slugs, considered by many gardeners as pests. | She said an average British garden could be harbouring as many as 20,000 slugs, considered by many gardeners as pests. |
| December 2015 was the warmest since records began in 1910, with temperatures around 7.9C (46F), making it feel more like April or May - for slugs as well as people. | December 2015 was the warmest since records began in 1910, with temperatures around 7.9C (46F), making it feel more like April or May - for slugs as well as people. |
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