Lucy Tassell

It's called the Attenborough Aryan Rubicundus.

Oh, okay.

Don't at me on the pronunciation there.

And after he found out about it, Attenborough said it might be the, quote, most beautiful slug in the world.

What's a semi-slug?

I don't know.

Okay, awesome.

Well, maybe we can find out.

Maybe Attenborough can tell us.

I can find out for you right now, Lucy, through our trusted friend Google.

Thank you.

According to Australian Geographic, a semi-slug is a gastropod mollusk representing an evolutionary intermediate between snails and slugs.

Yeah, it wasn't helping.

But I can tell you from the pictures they do look sort of like stunted snails, like snails that got halfway to growing a shell and then gave up.

He's had really three core concerns at the centre of his messaging, and that's over consumption.

So, you know, the consumption of humans of not just meat and animal products, but the

deforestation as a result of that consumption you know the impact on the natural world of producing the food things products and lifestyle that we are accustomed to in the 21st century he talks about environmental degradation that destroys protected natural areas so that ties into that kind of production but also overpopulation and destroying habitats and

as well as our continued reliance on fossil fuels.

So he's been a big advocate for a faster and more serious investment in renewables.

And as part of all of this advocacy, Attenborough really hasn't been shy in calling out governments, including our own here in Australia.