The article discusses the fascinating reproductive behaviors of banana slugs and California newts, both of which thrive in the Bay Area's rainy winter season. Banana slugs are hermaphroditic and engage in mating behaviors that can be quite brutal, such as apophallation. They lay eggs in secluded areas without parental care. Meanwhile, California newts undergo physical transformations during breeding, migrating to mating ponds, where they produce eggs and sometimes consume their own. Additionally, ladybugs cluster together for warmth and protection in the winter months.
These slugs are hermaphroditic, possessing both male and female reproductive organs. Mating is a lengthy process that sometimes results in one slug biting off its mate's reproductive organ.
During the breeding season, male newts undergo a dramatic change, becoming bulkier and developing pads on their feet to better cling onto females.
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