Snails and slugs

[MK Shrimper]

Question:

If a slug is basically a homeless snail, can they be eaten in the same way with some butter and garlic?

 

[Red Rum Revell]

Think they eat them in parts of Spain actually :puke

 

[MK Shrimper]

In a few rare cases, humans have contracted parasite-induced meningitis from eating raw slugs

Oooooooooooo Oooooooooooo yuk. :puke :puke :puke :puke

And...

Some species of slug secrete slime cords to lower themselves onto the ground, or to suspend a pair of slugs during copulation.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Reproduction

A commonly seen practice among many slugs is apophallation. The penis of these species is curled like a cork-screw and often becomes entangled in their mate's genitalia in the process of exchanging sperm. When all else fails, apophallation allows the slugs to separate themselves by one or both of the slugs chewing off the other's penis. Once its penis has been removed, a slug is still able to mate subsequently, but using only the female parts of its reproductive system

Fascinating creatures :D

 

[OldBlueLady]

Gross! Horrible nasty little creatures that keep sliming all over the plants I so lovingly planted about a month ago. What is the point of them?

 

[Firestorm]

Gross! What is the point of them?

As a reminder to all, what the floor would look like if women didn't have legs

 

[Vange Shrimper]

You'd have to be a right idiot to eat those.

 

[MK Shrimper]

You'd have to be a right idiot to eat those.

I've eaten escargot and they were damn tasty, so what's the difference?

 

[Firestorm]

I've eaten escargot and it was damn tasty, so what's the difference?

'Cos thats a race horse....

 

[Vange Shrimper]

I've eaten escargot and they were damn tasty, so what's the difference?

You've just answered my point.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Gross! Horrible nasty little creatures that keep sliming all over the plants I so lovingly planted about a month ago. What is the point of them?

They eat dead fauna and flora and in turn are eaten by birds etc, so they're a vital part of the eco system!

 

[MK Shrimper]

You've just answered my point.

IGNORING that...many people eat snails. As a smoker your tastebuds are dead anyway.

 

[Vange Shrimper]

You've already shown that your tastebuds are dead anyhow.

That the best you can come out with?

 

[MK Shrimper]

That the best you can come out with?

Hard day at school was it?

 

[OldBlueLady]

They eat dead fauna and flora and in turn are eaten by birds etc, so they're a vital part of the eco system!

But they're not vital though, there are plenty of other things that do that, it's not as if they're bees or anything that is really useful. Not quite sure about Firestorm's comment...............:unsure:

 

[Rayleigh Weir]

Eating slugs and snails? Whatever next? Puppy dogs tails?

 

[MK Shrimper]

Eating slugs and snails? Whatever next? Puppy dogs tails?

Only in Korea mate.

 

[MK Shrimper]

But they're not vital though, there are plenty of other things that do that, it's not as if they're bees or anything that is really useful. Not quite sure about Firestorm's comment...............:unsure:

Everything from rats, to slugs and dung beetles have their place in the eco system - if you remove them it's game over!

 

[OldBlueLady]

You won't convince me Paul, they're gross and I loathe them, more so than cockroaches which are also equally evil and gross.

 

[canveyshrimper]

You won't convince me Paul, they're gross and I loathe them, more so than cockroaches which are also equally evil and gross.

...and if you want a useless piece of info coackroaches would survive a nuclear attack unlike the human race.