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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great short non-fiction on slugs, 4 Dec 1996
By A Customer
This is a great short non-fiction work on slugs, handy for identifying those little slimers. Just the right amount of detail for the mildly curious. Readable in about an hour, it includes brief chapters on "The Slug Family Tree," "The Slug in Brief," "Anatomy of a Slug," "Familiar Slugs of the Northwest," "Seven Wonders of Slugdom," "Controlling Slugs," "Observing Slugs in the Wild," and "at Home", "Plants Slugs Avoid Eating" and "Love to Eat", and a short bibliography.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Field Guide to the Slug is a delight!, 29 Mar 2001
Explore the secret world of slugs & their kin in forests, fields & gardens from Southeast Alaska to California. These little creatures, which we love to hate, are actually miniature marvels of adaptation that play an essential role in nature's grand scheme.You're going to learn a whole new vocabulary when you study this thin book sponsored by The Western Society of Malacologists. Wonderful words we wouldn't normally use or want to unless you are playing host to these critters. Slugs can't help being slimey - that's the way they get around & also, by the way, how some of them... um... eh...mate? Realize that gender gets a bit muddled with this phylum. Well, it's a bit muddled for all of us, except slugs tend to, well, er, gobble each other up now & again! Yum! Yum! How else are you going to approach the subject of slugs? Let David George Gordon work his magic on you as you slink after these much-maligned garbage collectors. We live on the hem of a rainforest where there are more slugs than, as my beloved is wont to mutter: "you can shake a stick at." Slugs are not bothered by sticks or stones. Do check out my Ode to Dull Sluggery inspired by this little book which is for anyone who feels plagued by these ghastly gastropods or anyone who has to listen to gardeners whine about them!
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A book about slugs? Great!!, 8 April 1999
By A Customer
I found this book to be a concise, thorough discussion of the subject of garden slugs. Every gardener has had to deal with them in some form or another and this little book is the perfect addition to your gardening library on the subject. Excellent artwork and drawings, also.
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