Talk:Chapter 54/@comment-1189034-20170815111002/@comment-217.209.94.177-20170817144653

^^ Sorry, didn't check the numbers first.

^ They are still "slimes".

Subspecies would still not be a proper term for them since they at their core are all still one and the same slime. Only external influences makes them different with no merit on their own, as th eblack slimes are toxic due to the pollution in them, not because they produce toxic waste themselves. Pink slimes feed on nectar to be oink, akin of flamingos, to get their color, take that away, and they revert back to blue slimes again.

Take away the pollution and the black slimes revert to blue slimes again.

It's not a sub-species if one can shift between the species, it doesn't work that way.

So they are all still one and the same slime, remove the outside sources, and that's what they will revert back to in the end.

And all slimes are identical, it's just the outside influence's affect on them that's different.

If anything, I will admit that the red slimes are a subspecies of the slimes, since their quality of a stronger digestive acid is a trait they themselves developed, not something they got from a outside source like with the green, pink or black slimes.

So the only real subspecies here are the red slimes. The others are one and the same slime.