Close-up of a gray lizard clinging to the textured reddish-brown bark of a tree trunk.

Project Seek - #12 - Red-Triangle Slug or Triboniophorus graeffei



Location: Silky Oak Track, Mount Coot-tha (Brisbane)


Fact: When threatened or targeted by a predator (like a frog or a bird), cells across its upper back secrete an extremely sticky, adhesive mucus. This defense mechanism is so strong it can literally glue a predator to a tree trunk or rock face for days.