Why would pouring salt on slugs help get rid of them? I know the process is diffusion. Would the hypotonic solution (The water i

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BabaBlast [244]

3 years ago

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Why would pouring salt on slugs help get rid of them? I know the process is diffusion. Would the hypotonic solution (The water i

n the slug) flow towards the hypertonic solution (Salt)? This would cause the slug to shrivel right?

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omeli [17] · Answer 1 · 2022-01-02T00:47:30+03:00

omeli [17]3 years ago

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Yep! that's right, the water in the slug tries to go towards the salty solution to even them out causing the slug to shrivel up (because of lack of moisture)

alexandr1967 [171] · Answer 2 · 2022-01-01T22:32:14+03:00

alexandr1967 [171]3 years ago

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I believe you are correct.