Artist Florentijn Hofman used 40,000 plastic bags to build two gigantic slugs in Angers, France for his 2012 outdoor installation “Slow Slugs.” Hofman installed the 60-foot-long multicolored slugs on a staircase leading to a church—signifying, according to Hofman, “their slow crawl towards death.”

Giant Slug Sculptures (1) Giant Slug Sculptures (2) Giant Slug Sculptures (3) Giant Slug Sculptures (4)photos via Florentijn Hofman

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