Slugs do have a purpose here on earth just like humans, dogs, cats and other animals have a purpose on earth.
Slugs are actually very important to the earth and provide food for other animals such as birds, slow worms, earthworms, and some other insects.
Slugs also break down organic matter and so they are very important to the earth.
It's not a good idea to get rid of all the slugs and that would be impossible anyway but still the slugs can be annoying in your yard so you might want to get rid of them.
To get rid of slugs at home you can use salt and pour it on the slugs to kill them or put them in a bucket of soapy water to kill them.
Slugs are not really dangerous even if you touch the slugs.
However slugs can have parasites that may transfer to humans so if you touch slugs with your bare hands make sure to wash your hands afterwards.
The slugs could also be poisonous to dogs and cats and some other animals if they ingest them so do not allow the dog or cat to ingest the slugs and if they do you may need to take them to the vet.
But other than that slugs are mostly just an annoyance and not dangerous.
If you want to get rid of the slugs or kill the slugs you can use salt or soapy water.
Soapy water will kill slugs if you put some soapy water in a bucket and then place the slugs in the soapy water and put a lid on the bucket of soapy water to prevent them from trying to escape.
Although it can be hard to get rid of a lot of slugs by using soapy water.
Another better option is to take some regular salt and pour some salt onto the slugs body and pour some salt on areas where slugs crawl across.
The salt will kill the slugs by dehydrating them.
salt will get rid of slugs.
To get rid of slugs with salt just pour salt onto the slugs body and pour salt around areas where slugs crawl around.
When the slug gets salt on their body the slugs body loses moisture and when that moisture is lost the slug then dehydrates.
So when the salt dehydrates the slug by drawing moisture out of it's body the slug dies.
The slug will die a slow death from the salt so it will not be immediate but if you're having a problem with slugs then using salt to get rid of the slugs is a great natural way of getting rid of slugs.
Slugs are usually more of an annoyance than being harmful but you should still avoid touching them or getting to close to them.