I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.
Is there any truth in this please?

On 15/05/2014 08:31, P Jameson wrote:
I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.
Is there any truth in this please?


NO

On 15/05/14 08:31, P Jameson wrote:
I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.
Is there any truth in this please?

Considering snails are hermaphrodites, they can't be a "mother"....
Considering slugs and snails are different species....
.... it seems *highly* unlikely! You've been had.

P Jameson wrote:

I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.
Is there any truth in this please?

Don't feed the troll!

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The e-mail address obviously doesn't exist. If it's essential
that you contact me then try peterATpfjamesDOTcoDOTuk

In article , lid says...

I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.

Whatever moron told you that big fat lie? It's not baby slugs, it's
baby rattle snakes, nano-technology imprinted with the smell of your
troll feet and coming to get you.

Janet

On 15/05/2014 20:20, Janet wrote:
In article , lid says...

I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.

Whatever moron told you that big fat lie? It's not baby slugs, it's
baby rattle snakes, nano-technology imprinted with the smell of your
troll feet and coming to get you.

Janet

Come on Janet,
Baby birds come naked from a shell so why shouldn't you get baby naked
snails from the shell.
Like birds getting their feathers then the baby snails will grow a shell
in time.

In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

On 15/05/2014 20:20, Janet wrote:
In article , lid says...

I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.

Whatever moron told you that big fat lie? It's not baby slugs, it's
baby rattle snakes, nano-technology imprinted with the smell of your
troll feet and coming to get you.

Janet

Come on Janet,
Baby birds come naked from a shell so why shouldn't you get baby naked
snails from the shell.
Like birds getting their feathers then the baby snails will grow a shell
in time.

Duh Bob; according to your analogy the baby snails would grow
feathers and learn to fly.

Janet

On 15/05/2014 21:22, Janet wrote:
In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

On 15/05/2014 20:20, Janet wrote:
In article , lid says...

I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead mother.

Whatever moron told you that big fat lie? It's not baby slugs, it's
baby rattle snakes, nano-technology imprinted with the smell of your
troll feet and coming to get you.

Janet

Come on Janet,
Baby birds come naked from a shell so why shouldn't you get baby naked
snails from the shell.
Like birds getting their feathers then the baby snails will grow a shell
in time.

Duh Bob; according to your analogy the baby snails would grow
feathers and learn to fly.

Janet

Only when baby birds grow shells and crawl around eating plants.
And by the way I'm not Bob

"David Hill" wrote in message
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On 15/05/2014 21:22, Janet wrote:
In article , david@abacus-
nurseries.co.uk says...

On 15/05/2014 20:20, Janet wrote:
In article , lid
says...

I have just been told that if you crush a smail and just leave it
lying
about on the flower bed, baby slugs will later emerge from the dead
mother.

Whatever moron told you that big fat lie? It's not baby slugs, it's
baby rattle snakes, nano-technology imprinted with the smell of your
troll feet and coming to get you.

Janet

Come on Janet,
Baby birds come naked from a shell so why shouldn't you get baby naked
snails from the shell.
Like birds getting their feathers then the baby snails will grow a shell
in time.

Duh Bob; according to your analogy the baby snails would grow
feathers and learn to fly.

Janet

Only when baby birds grow shells and crawl around eating plants.
And by the way I'm not Bob

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Apologies to all. I typed baby 'slugs', when I should have said baby
*Snails* emerge out from the dead Snail carcass. A Mistake sorry.

On 16/05/14 09:12, P Jameson wrote:
Apologies to all. I typed baby 'slugs', when I should have said baby
*Snails* emerge out from the dead Snail carcass. A Mistake sorry.

I'm sure it /can/ happen - after all, it /can/ happen
with humans. See Macbeth for an early description.

In article ,
Malcolm wrote:
In article , P Jameson
writes

Apologies to all. I typed baby 'slugs', when I should have said baby
*Snails* emerge out from the dead Snail carcass. A Mistake sorry.

Still won't ever happen and so still a stupid story. Snails lay eggs and
as these require a couple of weeks to develop *outside* the parent's
body, usually in the soil, it is impossible for them to emerge from a
snail carcass.

It's actually less stupid with slugs! Many are scavengers, and will
eat carrion, so it isn't unlikely that a dead snail will have a few
small slugs attached.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.