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In what way, Gracchus --- QV the OP and Post 3 --- I'm right on topic.Welcome, Ghost Slug.
You have just been introduced to the AV derail. If you hang around you will see lots of train wrecks.
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Welcome from Wales, the land of the ghost slug
Unknown to science before 2006, the mysterious ghost slug (Selenochlamys ysbrada) was first discovered in a Caerphilly Lane.
A Cardiff gardener found another specimen a year later. Other examples have been found around Swansea.
The ghost slug is carniverous and nocturnal, sucking earthworms into its body with blade-like teeth. Although similar species exist in eastern Europe, the Welsh examlpes have been classified as a wholly new species, being given the name ysbryda from the Welsh for ghost.
The ancestor individuals' route to Wales can only be speculated on, but Bill Symondson of Cardiff University believes they may have come in on pot plants.
Spending most of its time underground, it squeezes its flexible body into cracks or tunnels to get at earthworms, which it detects by smell or taste.
The slug population is being monitored in case it becomes a pest species.
Photo courtesy of Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
You found the slug that I got my name from! BananaSlug and I were looking at different slugs for my name. We found that one and I liked it. Hopefully I won't become a pest!
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A pest? Unlikely - you've already seen how easily argle-bargle breaks out on this forum. A carnivorous nocturnal invertebrate is just what we need!
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Wonderful! Just be forewarned that I am very stubborn. I love "argle-bargle". Has anybody read Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs by Michael Novacek(sp). That's one book that I really enjoyed. Onward Zalambdalestes!
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Hello everybody! I know all of you know my husband BananaSlug. The past few weeks it seemed that he spent all of his time on this forum talking about evolution. Until recently I didn't know what all the hype was about until I read a few threads by the resident creationists. The post about the angels living in stars made me decide to sign up so I can discuss these intriguing beliefs that people have. I'm a sucker for fairy tales.
Honestly, I don't know much about evolution other than what I've learned from my husband. Please be patient with me if I ask a lot of questions (that is how we learn after all). I'm glad to be here!
Hello Ms. GhostSlug. Welcome. Please remember that earthworms are good for the soil.
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Pftt! I am not only stubborn, I am also didactic and old. I haven't read that particular book, but i'd like to, and I have read various articles and seen a couple documentaries on the finds there.
Oh, and I am also an invertebrate. ;-)
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