It's cheaper than therapy...

[wraithfodder]

I was minding my own business, mowing the lawn, when the lawn mower clogged up because is just rains-rains-rains (hmm, we're becoming the new Seattle - already got too many Starbucks). So I de-clogged the lawnmower, turned around and wow, right over where I mowed was a leopard slug (whom I have now named Fred).

So I dragged Fred inside and videotaped him. Not bad for using a digital camera with my left hand and not really seeing what I was doing. Watch Fred crawl, look at that tentacle action! ;) 

And  here's a photo of Fred.


Regrettably, my fingernails are still stained. 


This is Fred all curled up when he feels threatened. 

Alas, the lawn beckoned, so I put Fred back in a big round patch of lawn that won't get cut down till the last mowing in September or October. 

Oh darn, should have grabbed an action figure and put Fred on it, but... Fred leaves slime, and it took long enough to get the slime off me. Don't want to scrub off Shep or McKay's faces! ;)

Comments

[mantriddrone.livejournal.com]

lovely

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Thx :)

[xparrot.livejournal.com]

Awww - for a slimy lump of not-snail, that is adorable! I love snail & slug eyestalks, they're so weirdly expressive.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the leopard slug is very pretty :)

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, just the leopard ones. Regular ones, eeeuuuu, they eat my garden!

[luveskane.livejournal.com]

Awww Fred's a cute little slug

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Big slug ;);)

[benbenberi.livejournal.com]

Beautiful and ooky at the same time. Cool!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[negolith2.livejournal.com]

I will hug him and squeeze him and call him George and sit on him and keep him warm and stroke his pretty feathers and pet his widdle bill.......

Wait a minute, you're not George.

=^.^=

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Ha! I remember that Bugs Bunny ;)

[aelfgyfu_mead]

I don't think I'd want Fred on me, but I'm glad he didn't get mowed!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

He didn't slime me as much as an ordinary slug, but then I was also covered in lots of grass clippings, so maybe that protected me! ;)

[ga-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Ewwwwwwwwwwww... Where's my salt! ::shudders:: It's a snot monster! Don't touch it, forcrissake! ::shudders::

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Hm, then I guess I should tell you he was crawling up my arm...

[parisindy.livejournal.com]

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Aw.... ;)

[iamrighthere.livejournal.com]

Fred, eh? You're a fan of slugs? 'Cause I've got a bunch that would loooove to live in your lawn! Do you have any hostas or other delicious plants around?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Hostas? Nah, the deer eat those.... so we don't have any. If we put 'em in, they'd be gone in one day, I'm sure of it. But, hm, thanks, but have plenty of slugs in the yard ;)

[pisces227.livejournal.com]

Hehehe. All my little lizards are named Fred.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

:)

What a cutie patootie!

[mcsheplovers.livejournal.com]

He's a cute little fella. I'm glad he lived.

Re: What a cutie patootie!

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

As long as no birds ate him, but the grass was thick and deep where I stuck him... maybe he'll run into the other leopard slug in the back yard...

[les342.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, that's gross, yet kinda cool at the same time. I'm not usually afraid of bugs or anything like that, but I don't think I'd want that thing crawling around on my hand.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Well, didn't feel like much. Not like a caterpillar which you definitely do feel crawling along your skin.

[flingslass.livejournal.com]

You mean he survived being run over by a lawn mower?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup. Must admit the lawn was, uh, er, pretty tall by that point so he may have been at the bottom and just missed by a hair, or rather, tentacle ;)

[celestial-diary.livejournal.com]

So this was the leopard slug you mentioned while mowing.

That is slimey and disgustingly cool! It's also quite huge compared to the slugs I've seen here in my Australian backyard.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Gotta admit in all my years I"ve never seen a slug this big, and now I've seen two in two weeks! I hope to find more before Fall comes, but there's far too much yard to poke around and try to find one, although, hmm, if I get bored... ;)

[celestial-diary.livejournal.com]

LOL! What do you put in your grass/lawn!?! Anyway, happy hunting, and looking forward to seeing more cool, slimy and disgusting pics on your post.

Btw, I was wondering, do you add back friends who friend you, or is your LJ pretty much Public that it doesn't matter?

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Uh, deep poop, mostly ;) Seriously, we put zip on the lawn, just what nature drops there, slugs and all.

I haven't friended everybody back because I looked at HOW many friends I have (which may decline, since SGA is getitng the axe) and yup, my LJ is wide open. Public.

Yeah, now when I mow thelawn I keep looking hopefully for another slug...