The beginning was about square-footed slugs. [please don't ask for an explanation from me!] Anyway - isn't a slug mostly foot? I think octopi and squids are cephalopods [spelling??] meaning head foot because they seem to have their legs attached to their heads. So are slugs are what? My brain hurts. Jim Tibensky >From: "Jolie Smilowicz" <jolie_at_rockisland.com> >To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> >Subject: [Paddlewise] slugs: Matt & Jim >Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2002 15:33:43 -0800 > >I may have missed the beginning of this thread but..I don't believe slugs >have any feet. They just plane along on a slime tide. > > > > > >*************************************************************************** >PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed >here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire >responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. >Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net >Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net >Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ >*************************************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
James Tibensky wrote: > > The beginning was about square-footed slugs. [please don't ask for an > explanation from me!] Anyway - isn't a slug mostly foot? I think octopi > and squids are cephalopods [spelling??] meaning head foot because they seem > to have their legs attached to their heads. So are slugs are what? Slugs are gastropods: stomach foot. I've heard it said by cooks that armies move on their stomachs. Sluggishly, it would seem. > My brain hurts. You're welcome. bonus question for literature majors: what does the capripod carry? -- Steve *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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