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I always thought it was because of the big slugs?? No??? The reason the Pacific Northwest is so fascinating and eerie to Americans is because it functions as a gateway to an uncanny realm of magic and terror (Canada)
They are VERY big, you guys
All the breakfasts of my childhood spent with banana slugs mating on the glass doors adjacent to the table...
RUDE
NATURE NEEDS TO PUT SOME PANTS ON
Red in tooth and claw and PANTLESS
To be fair, there are also banana slugs in Vancouver. The ones in the States serve as guides to the Otherrealm.
... what have you done to the slugs.
To everyone's horror, they were the size of a banananana ALREADY
I concluded that I did not need to do siense on them
Somebody clearly beat me to it
Wow. I guess there had to be something.
They are known (according to my sister) to jump
uncanny terror slugs
(they are SO BIG)
How do they compare to European ones? The big slugs have been huge mental adjustment coming here.
And they're everywhere! My poor dog once accidentally brushed against one and it got caught on his ear. Poor baby was freaking out at the slimy thing stuck to his head and needed so much cleaning to get the mucus off
I don’t even remember what normal slugs look like now. All slugs are 3-5 inches long, are they not?
disgusting awful horrible terrible worst living thing is a pnw slug
Don't slander the glorious banana slug!
What could be more glorious than a banana slug?!!?
BEST SCHOOL MASCOT EVER
(UCSC)
As a Banana Slug alum, I can report that they have no natural predators. Humans can, however, eat them, but it's not a tasty experience.
I love the idea of an animal that avoids being prey simply by being too gross
The admin tried to change it because it wasn't becoming our some shit and the students revolted.
UCSC students LOVE revolt.
See now this is making me vividly recall the time I accidentally stepped on a banana slug while running. With bare feet. (or maybe sandals, but I still ended up touching that slug with bare flesh) *shudders*
Your reputation that makes me afraid to tell you.
Can you eat them? Without dying?
Dunno, I'm from the prairies
We have regular slugs
(I do get the impression you're not really supposed to eat the regular ones though)
At camp we were dared to kiss them. They make your lips go numb, but I think that's it? Nobody died!
You can eat sea slugs. Not the best, though, in my opinion. But I like escargot, so....
Is that what filled the ecological niche that rats left
