Gigantic Purple Slug Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24593015 These things are increasing as well : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-24470023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-24593015 These things are increasing as well : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-24470023 Crikey, slugs round here are as big as bananas. Should I shoo them away in Spanish.My house is full of spiders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigantic Purple Slug Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 Crikey, slugs round here are as big as bananas. Should I shoo them away in Spanish.My house is full of spiders. People always say spiders won't hurt you. I beg to differ. It's best to catch them in a container and put them outside. Handling them directly has its risks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turned Out Nice Again Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 non-story. i've seen those big slugs ever since i was a kid (jurassic era). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 non-story. i've seen those big slugs ever since i was a kid (jurassic era). Is that you, Manuel Garcia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wherebee Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 non-story. i've seen those big slugs ever since i was a kid (jurassic era). I remember seeing those spanish slugs in the south east when i was growing up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappycocco Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I gotta say, well done to the slug. Must've taken a million years to get here from spain, even by boat. The moral of this story, if you try hard enough you can go anywhere you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I gotta say, well done to the slug. Must've taken a million years to get here from spain, even by boat. The moral of this story, if you try hard enough you can go anywhere you want. Axis propaganda poster from WW2... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blobloblob Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 People always say spiders won't hurt you. I beg to differ. It's best to catch them in a container and put them outside. Handling them directly has its risks. Does anybody else kill spiders they find inside their homes? On the orders of my wife they are dispatched on sight here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Does anybody else kill spiders they find inside their homes? On the orders of my wife they are dispatched on sight here. I will sprinkle salt around a slug that kills them....I would never kill a spider, a) because I don't like flies, and anyway it is a known fact that we would die if it were not for spiders and the good work they do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I will sprinkle salt around a slug that kills them....I would never kill a spider, a) because I don't like flies, and anyway it is a known fact that we would die if it were not for spiders and the good work they do. I bet your house is full of cobwebs, like the Munster's! Mine is because I'm a now a well adjusted Goth.All I need now is a basement laboratory and a huge organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiremola Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Axis propaganda poster from WW2... There's an old favourite – I catalogued an impression of that one for the V&A http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O118146/its-a-long-way-to-poster-unknown/ I noticed at the time that the poster designer had got the calculations wrong. The poster claims that a snail travelling at 0.8 metres a minute for 191 days would have advanced 320 kilometres, yet I think on those figures it would have been just over 220 kilometres. Please let me know if this is wrong, and I will get it changed. As for the super slug mentioned above, Barcelona to Dover at the same sort of rate as the poster snail would take about two and a half years – or are my calculations awry again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahBell Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I bet your house is full of cobwebs, like the Munster's! Mine is because I'm a now a well adjusted Goth.All I need now is a basement laboratory and a huge organ. I don't kill them, I pick them up and put them outside. They tickle like mad. I used to pick up mice and anything else the cats bought in and let go, but am a bit more wary after a large mouse bit me. Slugs are best dispatched rather than just moved. Sharp secateurs do the job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I don't kill them, I pick them up and put them outside. They tickle like mad. I used to pick up mice and anything else the cats bought in and let go, but am a bit more wary after a large mouse bit me. Slugs are best dispatched rather than just moved. Sharp secateurs do the job. How did you get a Narnian visa? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 All slugs and snails can be lured with beer. Though I bet the Spanish ones prefer cheap wine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHERWICK Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Does anybody else kill spiders they find inside their homes? Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuggets Mahoney Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 There's an old favourite – I catalogued an impression of that one for the V&A I noticed at the time that the poster designer had got the calculations wrong. The poster claims that a snail travelling at 0.8 metres a minute for 191 days would have advanced 320 kilometres, yet I think on those figures it would have been just over 220 kilometres. Please let me know if this is wrong, and I will get it changed. I make it 208 days (6th September 1943 - 1st April 1944). We get the same speed. Snail's daily rate at 0.8m/min = 0.8m * 60 minutes * 24 hours / 1,000 metres in a km = 1.152km 208 days * 1.152km = 240km I'm a bit woozy with a cold at the moment. So I don't offer up the 208 days as gospel but it's worth a check. As for the super slug mentioned above, Barcelona to Dover at the same sort of rate as the poster snail would take about two and a half years – or are my calculations awry again? Barcelona - Dover c.1,080km 1,080km / 1.152km = 937 days Not awry afaic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepwello'nights Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 All slugs and snails can be lured with beer. Though I bet the Spanish ones prefer cheap wine! My favourite method from the book "1001 ways to kill a slug" that I perused in a doctors waiting room, although I've not yet tried it, is to lay some porridge oats down. Apparently after the slugs have eaten it swells up inside them and they explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 All slugs and snails can be lured with beer. Though I bet the Spanish ones prefer cheap wine! I can certainly be lured with beer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oracle Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Me. if they look like this.........DO NOT PICK THEM UP. these little buggers are in the UK, and they pack a punch. http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4787090123850690&pid=15.1&H=160&W=117 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Knimbies who say No Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Classic diversionary tactics from the OP-"Look at these bad Spanish slugs, nice purple ones like me are not a problem"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Sutton Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Keep reading the title as "Dangerous Slags Abound" and expecting another deeply misogynist thread with the usual suspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash4781 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I thought this was going to be another thread about dating websites! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 if they look like this.........DO NOT PICK THEM UP. these little buggers are in the UK, and they pack a punch. http://ts3.mm.bing.net/th?id=H.4787090123850690&pid=15.1&H=160&W=117 Yes, spiders can nip. This is probably the most poisonous one we have in this country! Australians deal with much worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPin Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Keep reading the title as "Dangerous Slags Abound" and expecting another deeply misogynist thread with the usual suspects. I hope I'm not in the lineup, as a "suspect". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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