HUGE WORM

[Richter]

http://www.thisisthewestcountry.co.uk/news/cornwall_news/4208730.Giant_worm_found_in_Cornwall/

Creepy, yet fascinating.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That's pretty awesome, but I was mildly bummed that it didn't turn out to be a new species of giant earthworm.

Australia even has bright blue ones!
http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2008/05/giant_blue_earthworms_and_frie.php

Washington has white ones:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Palouse_earthworm


My garden just has regular earthworms, but some of them are a foot long and as big around as my pinkie. We're friends.

[Richter]

Those are good worms to have in a garden.

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

SLUGGIES!

I don't have any banana slugs in my garden... they like woodlands better. I do, however, have these guys:



I don't know what kind they are, but they're about 4-5 inches long.

[Kai]

Yay for annelids and gastropods!

Its actually a shame about the native earthworm species in North America. They're being pushed out by the common european species.

Also, slugs are awesome.

Yay, someone posted an invertebrate thread besides me! 

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

When I was 14, I had pet slugs named Dave and Teri. I loved those guys.

[Iason Ouabache]

Staff eventually lured it out with fish scraps – but not before it bit through 20lb fishing line.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_slug

[Bruno]

Slurms MacKenzie approves this thread.

[Elder Iptuous]

I had one of those in my reef tank once (it's pretty rare not to get some of them with your live rock) that was about 7 or 8 inches long. that freaked me out enough because they will bite the shit out of your hand when your working in there.
i much prefered getting nudibranchs as hitchhikers.....  even the bad ones still look pretty at least

[East Coast Hustle]

I seriously doubt anyone could provide me with a compelling reason why slugs should be allowed to continue to exist.

[Jasper]

SLUGGIES!

I don't have any banana slugs in my garden... they like woodlands better. I do, however, have these guys:



I don't know what kind they are, but they're about 4-5 inches long.

They look like dog eggs.

[Vene]

I seriously doubt anyone could provide me with a compelling reason why slugs should be allowed to continue to exist.

How about:
I've got better things to do with my time than slug genocide.

[Elder Iptuous]

I seriously doubt anyone could provide me with a compelling reason why slugs should be allowed to continue to exist.

They are incredibly fun to salt.  You just shake the cellar, and watch them turn inside out.  you can imagine the horrid suffering without feeling the guilt of inflicting it on anything without mammalian cuteness.
that's worth something.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

SLUGGIES!

I don't have any banana slugs in my garden... they like woodlands better. I do, however, have these guys:



I don't know what kind they are, but they're about 4-5 inches long.

They look like dog eggs.

DOG EGGS!!!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

I seriously doubt anyone could provide me with a compelling reason why slugs should be allowed to continue to exist.

Because they're CUTE?

Have you ever looked at a slug's face?



LOOKIT THAT SHIT! He's all "wut?"