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Why do slugs and snails eat pricey plants rather than weeds in my garden?

Close up of garden snail on vegetable leaf — Never mind the weeds ... garden snail. Photograph: Nigel Cattlin/Holt Studios/Alamy

Why don’t slugs and snails eat the weeds in the garden? Why do they go for the more expensive plants? How do they know?

David Withey, Malvern, Worcs

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