More UCSC Hiking

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[lutin.livejournal.com]

oh! how wonderful!

[ex-zeugma416.livejournal.com]

These are really nice photos, Garrett. Too bad the tree & slug ones are all out of focus and glary, because they would have been pretty cool. Not least because good photos of banana slugs can be hard to come by.

[housework.livejournal.com]

what's this (http://garote.bdmonkeys.net/photo_archive/ucsc_hiking/pages/Image50.html)?

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The cozy wet fortress of what we commonly call a spit-bug.

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Yeah, so far my best shot is this one:

It's strange to say it, but the little guys actually move too fast for a decent exposure.

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Ooops - damned relative image links. I meant to display this:

[beck9884.livejournal.com]

Banana slugs!?!!!?!

[thegoodreverend.livejournal.com]

Those are amazing pictures!

[ex-zeugma416.livejournal.com]

That one is pretty good.

Those things do move pretty freakin' fast, now that I think about it! Perhaps since they're so huge, they're stronger than garden slugs and can pull themselves along more efficiently.

[garote]

Yes! They rock! They can be found cruising around the trees and forest floors of the redwoods in Santa Cruz. After the initial shock at seeing a slug that large, most folks find them cute. I think it's the eyestalks that do it.

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w00t!