Comments | zia_montrose: A Slug's Life

zia_montrose

A Slug's Life

Jul 08, 2010 21:13

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megan29 July 9 2010, 03:59:42 UTC

WOW! That's like watching the Nature Channel. I hope that snake wasn't poisonous, and I hope that either way, you stayed well away from it.

What did Apollo think of this? Who was he rooting for?

zia_montrose July 15 2010, 18:48:30 UTC

I assumed it wasn't poisonous since it didn't have fangs, which is how they inject venom, isn't it? At any rate, I kept my distance. These pictures were taken with a zoom. Utah is the place I genuinely worry about snakes since we have a healthy population of rattlers here. I nearly vomited the day I went trail running right past one--he was well camouflaged until he rattled at me--and then I thanked the clouds Apollo wasn't with me.

Apollo was oblivious. He was either napping in the ferns or sniffing hopefully around the sardine cans from lunch.

shimotsuki July 9 2010, 04:13:15 UTC

Oh, great action shots! That must have been really interesting.

At least it wasn't a banana slug. ;)

I'm jealous of the wild salmon sashimi you mentioned, too, heh. Hooray for the Pacific Northwest.

zia_montrose July 15 2010, 19:13:04 UTC

Yes, it was totally riveting to watch. And how can you not root for the peaceful, beer-loving herbivore? ; )

We didn't spent a lot of time in Vancouver this trip, but the asian influence is everywhere, so I imagine you'd have a field day. I noticed it particularly in the prevalence of high rise living. I also happened to notice the UBC has a linguistics dept...

amamama July 9 2010, 11:54:13 UTC

Wow - waaay cool pics! And how fascinating it must've been to see. :-)

zia_montrose July 15 2010, 18:54:10 UTC

I thought you might like these, fellow nature goddess. It was super cool to watch.

B.C. has a few (wonderful) things in common with Norway, it seems to me. Hopefully some day I'll get to do a direct comparison.