General Chat

When my daughter was small, my office was in a building that was in acres of gardens, and we used to have to drive or walk down a long drive lined with huge rhododendrons and various deciduous and evergreen trees. It was very shaded, and often damp.

J had been off daycare for a couple of days with a bad cold, which meant I'd had to stay home. On the third day, I decided to take her into work with me as I had something important to do.

There had been very heavy rain for several days, but that morning was just drizzly.

We walked down the driveway, and must have passed at least a dozen slugs creeping out onto the tarmac.

Now these were not your ordinary piddly little slugs.


Here we have the Pacific Banana Slug, which is the second largest slug in the world. They are usually various shades of yellowish-brownish, and up to 25cm (or almost 10") long


3 year old daughter was of course very intrigued with them


That evening we had visitors at home. They asked daughter what had she done that day, and the following conversation ensued ..................

"I went to work with mummy"

"Oh, where does your mummy work?"

"She works at the Bot-an-i-cal Gar-den" (said very precisely and carefully)

"Oh, what does a Botanical Garden do?"

"They grow slugs"





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lol Sylvia

A fantastic observation by your daughter :-)

Allan

how are your family of bob-tails?are they still alive? :-D

Yep, but they are giving the bbq a wide berth :-D

Just Googled Bob-tailed lizards - they're big aren't they!!!!!

I've got a few 'bob-tailed' sloworms, thanks to my cats :-0

Hello Maggie,

Compared to some lizards, they are small.

Google Goannas :-D

Hi Allan,
Well yes,compared to the monitor lizards they are small - the Kimodo is one I wouldn't like to meet on a dark night. :-0

Just an update!

Now that the weather is warming up (32C today) the bobtails are becoming more active. We had at least three turn up outside our backdoor yesterday, and another couple today.

After a feed of tomatoes they wandered back into the garden.

Their tastes are becoming more expensive, with some tomatoes currently costing about $10.00 per kilo :-(

lolol Allan

Bobtails! Cute little things. We've got monster water dragons.

I just started a new post about tonight's sighting - a Tawny Frogmouth.

As for Pay TV - Himself has it. I say that, because I hardly ever watch tv. Pay TV to me means you pay a lot of money to watch a greater choice of rubbish, and lots more advertisements.

Hi Scozz, I'll take a look :-)

Glad you are having lovely warm weather . look after your bobtails Allan xx ,lol Barbra :-)

Hi Barbra,

The bobtails look after themselves :-)

Once we start growing toms again it will be every man,or lizard, for him(her)self.

Still, they are cheaper than having to buy snail pellets :-D