Why do slugs shrivel up when you put salt on them?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

Slugs need slime to be able to survive. The salt dries them out & they die from not having enough liquid left to make their slime.
Makes them dehydrate rapidly as the salt absorbs the water in their body but please don't try this as it's cruel!!!

Answer

Slugs are cruel to lettuce so it's allowed.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

Because salt absorbs water, drying the slug up.

Answer 6

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.

Answer 7

Because, by osmosis the salt 'sucks' the water out of the slug. They are not melting they are being dessicated.

Answer 8

They start bubbling its really weird.

Answer 9

It drys them up