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#Wildlife Slugfest

In yesterday’s post I mentioned that I spent some quality time with a slug.  How many of us can make THAT claim?  (Maybe the more appropriate question would be “How many of us WANT to make that claim?)  Actually our interaction started with me bumping the dandelion leaf under the slug’s “tail.”  He withdrew his head – wait, I’m beginning to realize that I know so little about slugs that I don’t even know if those body parts are heads and tails.  Hopefully someone with some real knowledge about these creatures will leave a comment and educate us, rather than relying on my speculation.

Slug hiding

Slug hiding

I waited a few minutes to see what would happen.  Soon the action began…

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