- "There are other slugs in the sea". - Quark ("Ferengi Love Songs")
Slugs are creatures which are found on many planets including Earth and Ferenginar. The Ferengi consider them to be delicacies and slug steaks are a popular meal. (DS9: "The Ascent", "Ferengi Love Songs")
In 2369, Commander Benjamin Sisko called Dax a slug. He asked Jadzia if she had told Doctor Bashir "about that slug inside you". (DS9: "Emissary")
In early 2373, Morn had a breakfast of raw slug livers. (DS9: "The Assignment")
When stranded with Odo on a planet later that year, Quark lamented the lack of slugs there, as well as beetles, worms and snails. (DS9: "The Ascent")
In an alternate year of the 2390s, Nog joked that he would prefer the slugs of the Louisiana bayou to redfish. (DS9: "The Visitor")