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California banana slug

Ariolimax californicus

Description:

slug moving along forest floor

Habitat:

Pacific northwest redwood forest

Notes:

spotted off of US 199 in Redwoods National Park; stuck part of my right foot (size 9½EEEE) into the second image to provide some sort of ad hoc scale; ID is notional--I know nothing about slugs

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6 Comments

Ryan21
Ryan21 12 years ago

It really looks like a banana!!

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Very well named! :)

Allen Hoof
Allen Hoof 12 years ago

Muito obrigado, senhor. (That's about the limit of my Portuguese. I learned a little--very little--when I was stationed on Terceira about 40 years ago.) Thank you for the kind words. Thanks are also due to my daughter for pointing out Project Noah to me. It's good to have a forum like this.

animaisfotos
animaisfotos 12 years ago

Wonderful capture. It does looks like a banana. Thanks for sharing your love for wildlife. Thanks for sharing these images. They do deserve extra credit and a larger audience.

AnjaliAnantharam
AnjaliAnantharam 12 years ago

Nice ! and an apt name ..

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Cool!

Allen Hoof
Spotted by
Allen Hoof

Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, USA

Spotted on Jul 11, 2007
Submitted on Dec 13, 2011

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