k.'s Wonderful World of Wildlife

[kroker]

Definitions
SlugGoes squish when stepped onSnailGoes crunch-squish when stepped on

k. precautiously never enters the garden without sturdy shoes, such as flip flops, on her feet.

Evolution
A nowadays little known fact is that the garden snail, Helix Aspersa, is a close relative of the common vampire, Vampyris Communis. Although different in

Comments

[devilpump]

I've had the pleasure of stepping on a slug barefoot. *puke*

[kroker]

personally, I find it worse to step barefoot on a snail, because of the crunch. There's that extra fraction of a second when you realize what's going to happen but you can't do anything about it.