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Witness the weekly development and hatching of leopard slugs from their eggs

Witness the weekly development and hatching of leopard slugs from their eggs

Time-lapse video, filmed over four weeks, showing the development and hatching of leopard slugs (Limax maximus) from their eggs.
Video by Neil Bromhall; music, Musopen String Quartet/Musopen.org (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
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