Comments on: Snail & Slug, Love or War? Can Anyone Tell Me What is Going On Here? http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/08/snailslu/ Initiatives that enhance island economy, environment and community. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/08/snailslu/comment-page-1/#comment-1282 admin Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:30:46 +0000 http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1282 This from Peter Kowalke via email: Aaa.....quite a conundrum---given the gonic nature of the two seemingly friendly creatures--- one might be tempted to suspend disbelief and absorb the facade of love in the making, but alas the verisimilitude of the coupling is revealed as I know the pernicious nature of the snail on top. A Machiavellian shelled slug she is---defiling the skin of her feigned amour...sucking the life juices from the land locked mollusk below...perhaps in cartoons this may be love --- but in your garage it is capricious unrepented murder. Yours truly, Pekelo the sayer of truthyness... This from Peter Kowalke via email:

Aaa…..quite a conundrum—given the gonic nature of the two
seemingly friendly creatures— one might be tempted to suspend
disbelief and absorb the facade of love in the making, but alas the
verisimilitude of the coupling is revealed as I know the pernicious
nature of the snail on top. A Machiavellian shelled slug she
is—defiling the skin of her feigned amour…sucking the life juices
from the land locked mollusk below…perhaps in cartoons this may be
love — but in your garage it is capricious unrepented murder.

Yours truly,

Pekelo the sayer of truthyness…

]]> By: Janice http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/08/snailslu/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Janice Sat, 09 Jan 2010 19:26:01 +0000 http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1232 The snail is a predator, Rosy Wolf Snail, Euglandina rosea, an invasive species. It was introduced in 1955 intentionally to combat the African snail. The Rosy Wolf Snail does eat snails and slugs, but unfortunately it prefers easy prey, so doesn't really go after the giant African snails. What's worse is that it has been devastating to our native snail populations, and has played a major role in their extinction. So maybe what you've caught in the act is cannibalism. I don't think you want either critter. The snail is a predator, Rosy Wolf Snail, Euglandina rosea, an invasive species. It was introduced in 1955 intentionally to combat the African snail. The Rosy Wolf Snail does eat snails and slugs, but unfortunately it prefers easy prey, so doesn’t really go after the giant African snails. What’s worse is that it has been devastating to our native snail populations, and has played a major role in their extinction.

So maybe what you’ve caught in the act is cannibalism. I don’t think you want either critter.

]]> By: damon http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/08/snailslu/comment-page-1/#comment-1229 damon Sat, 09 Jan 2010 00:55:01 +0000 http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1229 It's a snug fest! It’s a snug fest!

]]> By: Terry http://www.andreadean.com/blog/2010/01/08/snailslu/comment-page-1/#comment-1228 Terry Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:33:43 +0000 http://www.andreadean.com/blog/?p=557#comment-1228 Watch out!! there may be giant mutant in your yard soon. What's the gestation period for snugs? Watch out!! there may be giant mutant in your yard soon. What’s the gestation period for snugs?

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