Comments on: Turbo banana slug https://habitablezone.com/2016/10/23/banana-slug/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:18:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2016/10/23/banana-slug/#comment-37653 ER Sat, 29 Oct 2016 01:05:52 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=60248#comment-37653 There are plenty right here on this planet. There are plenty right here on this planet.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2016/10/23/banana-slug/#comment-37652 RL Sat, 29 Oct 2016 00:24:50 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=60248#comment-37652 I took a break from study to step out into the backyard of the house I rented a room in to have a cigarette.... I was walking around under the trees when the light from my smoke glinted off something just in front of my face - I stopped in my tracks before I walked into it. I pulled out my lighter for light and looked at it... it was a slimy, frothy mass writhing at face level from a branch by a mucous strand. I could see 2 slugs twining around eachother in the slime... I sometimes wonder where my life would be now if I HAD walked face first into that horror- would I have been able to recover enough to hold a job? Could I ever become a functioning member of society? Would I still be heavily medicated in an asylum... ? I do not know, but it is a powerful reminder of how your life can be irrevocably changed in a split second. <img src="https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/6a/2f/bc/6a2fbc52e8eca9f72397b951872c4a3d.jpg"> I took a break from study to step out into the backyard of the house I rented a room in to have a cigarette…. I was walking around under the trees when the light from my smoke glinted off something just in front of my face – I stopped in my tracks before I walked into it.

I pulled out my lighter for light and looked at it… it was a slimy, frothy mass writhing at face level from a branch by a mucous strand.

I could see 2 slugs twining around eachother in the slime…

I sometimes wonder where my life would be now if I HAD walked face first into that horror- would I have been able to recover enough to hold a job? Could I ever become a functioning member of society? Would I still be heavily medicated in an asylum… ?

I do not know, but it is a powerful reminder of how your life can be irrevocably changed in a split second.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2016/10/23/banana-slug/#comment-37635 ER Mon, 24 Oct 2016 04:17:10 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=60248#comment-37635 Brings back a lot of fond memories of my time In N Ca. Around the Santa Clara County coastal ranges the local variety is bright yellow, with no spots, and about 4" long. Supposedly, its the only creature that eats redwood trees. https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/758897/screenshots/1925532/banana-sluggers-logo.jpg <img src="https://d13yacurqjgara.cloudfront.net/users/758897/screenshots/1925532/banana-sluggers-logo.jpg" alt="." /> Brings back a lot of fond memories of my time In N Ca. Around the Santa Clara County coastal ranges the local variety is bright yellow, with no spots, and about 4″ long. Supposedly, its the only creature that eats redwood trees.

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