On my trip out west this summer, I saw some amazing things…mountains, the Pacific Ocean, sea lions…and on a walk one quiet evening in Redmond WA, a large slug.
B loves snails and slugs. Snails I could get behind, but slugs? Really? Even the name suggests the need to take a shower.
But this little guy/girl was, I admit, kinda cute and B took some great pictures of him/her. I say him/her because slugs are hermaphrodites. Dependant on their mood and the sexiness of their slug date, they can pull out either sex organ. Cool!
Awwwww! Look at that face!
I mean really! How cute is that! With his/her eyes at different angles…so CUTE!
He/she was also incredibly emotive!
Curious slug is curious!
Bored slug is bored!
So, I gained a new appreciation for slugs.
They have a keep-them-off-me-cuteness to them.
And then….oh….and then I read up on slugs.
Don’t do that.
I learned new words, like “Apophallation“.
There are some words in the English language that one just doesn’t need to know.
Apophallation is one of them.
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