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| ftorres |
Banana Slugs (Ariolimax columbianus)Hello All,Anyone interested on some of these???? PM me for details. 
thanks francisco |
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| The_Arachnid |
I might be
I also like snails |
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| ftorres |
I will be asking 15 dollars on these guys.
I will take them to the BBBQ. Dave and Bill let me know if interested so i can reserve two of them. francisco |
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| The_Arachnid |
Do they live long and how big are they? | ||
| Celeste |
Hahahahaha! I can just picture the look on your mom's face when you come home with giant yellow slugs, Bill! ;-) | ||
| ftorres |
Hello All,
Bill, Banana slugs can live up to a year or more in captivity. that really depends on the care you give them. They like cool temperatures and hate high temps in the middle 70s Preferably keeping them at around 65-69 is ideal. The love apples and Lettuce. They Love higher humidity too. they can vary in size as adults they can be 4-7 inches in size as youngs they can be a few mm to 2" Coloration is mainly yellow, hence the name. I have seen some brown spotted ones and a white one too 
Fun facts A Banana slug is the official mascot for UC Santa Cruz. |
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| noexcuse4you |
What do they taste like? | ||
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| ogershok |
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/nomi/4047736114/ |
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| cacoseraph |
funky... and they crap up your tongue. josh_r said it would make my tongue numb... and it might have but it was hard to notice past all the yuckiness =P and i can DEFINITELY second the you MUST keep them cool... i turned all of mine into er, goop. and it was only like 80-85*F :/ |
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| balam |
Had to be Dave... Cool though 
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| Celeste |
They have a mild neurotoxin in their slime (to discourage predators). So you want to get it all off before cooking them... | ||
| ftorres |
Hello All,
One more left. take it for 15 dollars. thanks |
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