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	Banana Slug Biology
		A few years ago, the banana slug almost became the official state mollusk of California.
		After much debate, a bill in the state legislature to make the banana slug the state's top mollusk passed both the State Senate and Assembly.
		Sadly, the bill went on to be vetoed by the governor, whose slug-phobia got the better of him; he felt the slug was too undignified for such an honor
	slugweb.com /biology.html (83 words)

	Slugs
		Banana Slugs are the largest slugs in North America and the second largest slugs in the world.
		Slugs have two pairs of tentacles and even though both are used to locate food sources, there is a difference in the function of each pair.
		In a wonderfully entertaining and humorous article called Slimes of Passion, banana slug penises have evolved to be almost as long as their bodies.
	www.birdsamore.com /critters/slugs.htm (1025 words)

	Banana slug Information
		The banana slug (Ariolimax) is a genus of mollusk, although when used in the context of a species banana slug usually refers to the Pacific banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus).
		Salt is harmful to all slugs; it causes the slug to dehydrate.
		The banana slug is the official mascot of the University of California, Santa Cruz.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Banana_slug (609 words)

	Slug - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Slugs are gastronomic molluscs without shells and are considered to be the "poor cousins" of snails, because they do not have their own mobile homes and are too dumb to use protection.
		The soft, slimy bodies of slugs are prone to dehydration, so land-living slugs prefer to spend most of their lives in moisture replenishing environments such as bars, taverns, soda fountains, beer parlours, pubs or other establishments where considerable liquid refreshment is readily available.
		Slugs masturbate using their radula, a rough, tongue-like organ with many tiny tooth-like denticles which they tend to rip off and leave under their pillows for the tooth-fairy.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Slugs (2037 words)

	Banana Slug
		Banana Slug are Mollusks, which means they are soft-bodied with no visible skeleton.
		Banana Slugs are the second largest slug in the world, growing up to 25 cm long.
		The thick goo you see on the slug after salt is put on the body is actually the fluid or blood of a slug that rushes to the skin's surface to dilute the salt.
	www.naturepark.com /bslug.htm (1461 words)

	Biogeography of the Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus)
		Banana slugs are considered general herbivores that eat all kinds of leaf litter, green plants and fungus (mushrooms are their favorite foods) and occasionally feed on animal feces and carcass (Rollo 1983).
		Banana slugs show arboreal tendencies but are commonly encountered on the ground or within creek banks and tree roots during the dry summer months (Ingram and Lotz 1950).
		Slugs are prone to desiccation, a complete or nearly complete drying out, such as may result in the formation of evaporites from bodies of water in an arid region.
	bss.sfsu.edu /geog/bholzman/courses/Fall00Projects/bananaslug.html (1802 words)

	ADW: Ariolimax columbianus: Information
		Banana Slugs have lungs that open to the outside through a pneumostone for respiration located on the right side of their mantle.
		Slugs are capable of storing the sperm that they have recieved for many weeks to fertilize eggs that are not yet mature at the time of mating.
		Banana slugs are sometimes viewed as pests by gardeners when they eat garden plants and flowers.
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Ariolimax_columbianus.html (745 words)

	Banana Slugs
		The Banana Slug (Ariolimax columbianus) and the European Black Slug (Arion ater) are two members of the Class Gastropoda found in the Northwest United States.
		The coloration of the Banana Slug may be a bright yellow, slate-green, or white with or without fl spots.
		The slugs may be preyed upon by garter snakes, ducks, geese, shrews, moles, beetles, crows, and salamanders.
	www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2001Outwest/PacificNaturalHistory/Projects/GannK/Default.htm (522 words)

	Slug Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The banana slug is actually a mollusk, and belongs to the same family tree as oysters, squid and marine snails.
		Banana slugs are not just larger versions of slugs you see in your garden, they are actually a different species.
		The banana slug is native to the Pacific Northwest, and would much prefer being in the forest to being in your yard.
	www.proaxis.com /~mccune/slughome.htm (374 words)

	Metroactive News & Issues \| Banana Slugs
		More than just beloved, the banana slug has also become prophetic, at least symbolically, serving as an example of both the potential and the perils for biological entities and educational institutions of a condition known as gigantism.
		And though banana slugs appear to be gliding silently across the forest floor, preoccupied with slowly but surely getting somewhere else, they are in fact noisily engaged in the moment.
		Banana slugs are so well endowed that sometimes one or both of the slugs cannot withdraw.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/cruz/09.26.01/slugs1-0139.html (1722 words)

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