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The most wonderful slime of the year: Tate Britain's giant Christmas slugs

London gallery to light up season with anarchic artist’s Attenborough-inspired work

It’s time to start thinking of your Christmas decorations and how it might finally be time to celebrate the slimy mating ritual of a leopard slug.

No? Then Tate Britain hopes you might visit its gallery instead after unveiling its annual commission to mark the season. In previous years that has involved Christmas trees by artists including Tracey Emin and Cornelia Parker. Last year, Alan Kane festooned the front of the building with Christmas lights involving Santa and reindeer.

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