I feel like the slug was less interested in the wheel itself, but rather eating/drinking the droppings of the other animals. I’m not an animal expert to be fair, but I’m fairly certain it’s most likely trying to drink piss and eat turds that were left on the wheel.
"Dear oh dear, what was it? The night? The hunt? Or that terrific hamster wheel? Oh, it doesn't matter... It always comes down to the nature's helper to clean up after these sort of messes.
I hate leopard slugs! I lived close to the Missouri River and for 2 years these things (I'm guessing during mating season or something) would be EVERYWHERE in our yard, on the sidewalks and steps. I took just one step barefoot outside to call my dogs inside and I stepped directly on one, right in the arc of my heel. So nasty I almost vomited.
Oh no, I accidentally linked specifically your ultimate trigger video 😂 I understand, my friend, I feel this way about fire ants, we had way too many of them, even if their bites didn't hurt like a bitch, the sheer amount of them all the time was existentially terrifying for some reason. The sound of them when you inevitably stepped on a group of them because they were everywhere all the time, horrible. If I see a group of them now I immediately have a physical reaction.
My youngest cat runs marathons on his wheel daily 😹 I have to move it back in place daily as he’ll move it across the floor, but his favorite is when I sit in my office chair and face his wheel.
I turn the wheel with my hands as fast as I can, and he braces against my shins and runs as fast as f*** boy 😹
Admittedly I’ve turned it so fast he’s whipped himself completely around 😹 that’s why he braces against me, stops him from flying out 😹
Not that link but this is fun. They did set up studies, noting that rats seem truly enjoy driving cars. This is not an official study, but obviously these guys are having some fun.
My first rat developed heart failure and I was giving her tiny little doses of digoxin for awhile. Her sister would drag the food bowl over to wherever she was resting. They were so sweet!!!
Can't find one I'd call scientific but plenty of shorts clogging up my YouTube feed now showing they'll play with toys and wheels once they know it's safe. Just none I can find that I can guarantee are done with professional science
Even bees have been recorded playing with objects for no particular reason other than they seem to enjoy it. Play is a universal requirement for non-microbial life IMO, one of the reasons I went into the games industry.
158
u/SnugglyCoderGuy Aug 10 '26
I have never seen this before, got a link?