What has one foot, four tentacles, and more teeth than a shark? Discover the truly amazing world of slugs and their snail relatives. Learn about the inner working of the slug, how to identify native and non-native species, and ways to observe mating and other sluggish behavior. Also find out how to rid your garden of them in a safe, non-toxic manner.
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It's hard to imagine life without a good field guide to slugs, but Gordon, thank god, wrote a doozy of one. In a mere 48 pages, Gordon covers slug anatomy, the slug family tree, the eating habits of slugs, slugs in your garden, slugs in the wild and slugs at home. Lucid and interesting, this is the slug guide to beat all others.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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Great short non-fiction on slugs,
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This review is from: Field Guide to the Slug (Sasquatch Field Guide Series) (Paperback)
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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A book about slugs? Great!!,
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This review is from: Field Guide to the Slug (Sasquatch Field Guide Series) (Paperback)
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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Not so great for anything other than garden pests,
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This review is from: Field Guide to the Slug (Sasquatch Field Guide Series) (Paperback)
This is a neat little package that gives a wealth of info about slugs. It was a little less technical than I had hoped. If you're looking to answer specific biology questions or have the hopes of a key, this is not the answer.
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"Don't sell them short: Slugs and snails belong to one of the most successful groups of animals on our planet, the phylum Mollusca." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
great gray garden slug, milky slug, slug species, native slugs, other slugs, black slug, banana slug, snail species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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"Don't sell them short: Slugs and snails belong to one of the most successful groups of animals on our planet, the phylum Mollusca." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
great gray garden slug, milky slug, slug species, native slugs, other slugs, black slug, banana slug, snail species Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North America, Pacific Northwest New!
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- The Descent of Man (Penguin Classics) by Charles Darwin on page 28
- Living Things by Judith Holloway in Back Matter
- The Descent of Man (Great Minds Series) by Charles Darwin on page 28
- The Descent Of Man And Selection In Relation To Sex (Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints) by Charles Darwin on page 28
- The Shell Makers: Introducing Mollusks by G. Alan Solem in Back Matter
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- Passionate Slugs & Hollywood Frogs: An Uncommon Field Guide to Northwest Backyards by Patricia K. Lichen in Back Matter
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- Field Guide to the Orca (Sasquatch Field Guide Series) by American Cetacean Society in Copyright
- Field Guide to the Bald Eagle (Sasquatch Field Guide Series) by Audubon Society in Copyright
- Field Guide to the Sasquatch (Sasquatch Field Guide Series) by David George Gordon in Copyright
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