On 15/05/14 08:31, P Jameson wrote:
I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.
Is there any truth in this please?

Considering snails are hermaphrodites, they can't be a "mother"....
Considering slugs and snails are different species....
.... it seems *highly* unlikely! You've been had.