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Researchers say climate shift could threaten slugs (WORLD ENDING ALERT)
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 11/2/05
| Anon
Posted on 11/02/2005 9:00:09 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
Researchers fear a continuation of climate changes could doom California oaks and the area's beloved banana slugs.
Researchers at the University of California-Santa Cruz -- which has a banana slug as school mascot -- said global warming could threaten California's iconic oak woodlands and the slugs that live in them by shifting the growing climate northward.
If sea surface temperatures rise along the coast, researchers said, there could be a reduction in fog and thus too little moisture to support the trees.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bananaslugs; ecokooks; ecoping; globalwarming
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The slugs are falling! The slugs are falling!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I hope it kills the slugs eating my impatiens every year..YIPPIE!!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Whenever I go to Northern California, I always make time to see the Banana Slugs! Its breath taking when you watch them leave a trail of slime on a leaf!!
I then go to the Sardine Factory in Monterey and have a bottle of wine and reflect on my day.
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:02:01 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(Would you like a beer? No thanks, I will have a bud light.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
It may be the Global Climate shift or a gang of 10 year olds with salt shakers.
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:03:08 AM PST
by
Holicheese
(Would you like a beer? No thanks, I will have a bud light.)
To: penelopesire
sink a bowl of beer in your flower beds and the slugs will drown themselves in it and leave your flowers alone.
Slugs love beer.
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:03:40 AM PST
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Oh wouldn't it be awful not to have those slimy trails all over every thing!
To: ProtectOurFreedom
What's more important in this world? A banana slug, or Haliburton? You decide.
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:04:10 AM PST
by
samtheman
To: ProtectOurFreedom
I wish it would make the slugs I work with go away
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:04:46 AM PST
by
5Madman2
(There is no such thing as an experienced suicide bomber)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
Oh darn! There goes my poor-man's Sushi supply!!!
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:06:50 AM PST
by
EagleUSA
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
Thanks for the tip. I have heard that, but never tried it.
To: Holicheese
Boy! I'm with you! Nothing quite like a good old-fashioned slugfest after the Saturday night toad lick! Yes Sir!
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:07:43 AM PST
by
Leg Olam
("There is no Hell. There is only France." F. Zappa)
To: 5Madman2
Beloved???
Anyone know how to get Diet Dr. Pepper out of your keyboard, and more importantly your nose? It hurts!
12
posted on
11/02/2005 9:07:54 AM PST
by
Ingtar
(Understanding is a three-edged sword : your side, my side, and the truth in between ." -- Kosh)
To: ProtectOurFreedom; cyborg
As long as it does not threaten les escargots! Yum!
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:08:10 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
in related news, Mortens stock plunges
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:08:12 AM PST
by
smith288
(Peace at all cost makes for tyranny free of charge...)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
"Democrats concerned for fellow family members."
To: Holicheese
Did you leave off a </sarcasm> tag?
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:08:57 AM PST
by
Petronski
(Cyborg is the greatest blessing I have ever known.)
To: penelopesire
I had a big party and after the weekend when we were cleaning the beer cans out of the yard, I was amazed to find slugs in the beer cans. They love beer.
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:10:01 AM PST
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
> Slugs love beer.
Slug that I am...
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:10:23 AM PST
by
cloud8
To: Holicheese
Its breath taking when you watch them leave a trail of slime on a leaf!! I then go to the Sardine Factory in Monterey and have a bottle of wine and reflect on my day. I thought *I* was easily entertained
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:10:29 AM PST
by
Who dat?
To: cloud8
I guess I must be one too.
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posted on
11/02/2005 9:11:42 AM PST
by
Jersey Republican Biker Chick
(People too weak to follow their own dreams, will always find a way to discourage yours.)
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