Aydin:

No they didn't get in after the pond was drained.
We found them while draining the pond. I didn't
know much about slugs or snails back then, so
I didn't know they were not supposed to be under
water. Perhaps they only made short foraging trips?

Andrew


> [Original Message]
> From: aydin <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 8/26/2008 11:19:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Land Snails and Flooding: Aquatic Terrestrials
>
> Andrew,
> That's an interesting observation, but one would need to make sure that
the
> slugs didn't creep in (when no one was looking) after the pond was
emptied.
>
> Aydin
> snailstales.blogspot.com
>
>
> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 18:11:43 -0700, Kay Lavalier <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>
> >We had a concrete fish pond when I was a kid.
> >It had a canopy of those nasty Brazilian Pepper Trees overhead,
> >so we had to remove the fish and clean it out eavery year or two.
> >There were always a few Veronicella floridana slugs, quite alive and
> >well, on the very bottom of the concrete surface. I did not know at
> >the time that this was an air-breathing terrestrial species, and should
> >not have been hanging out underwater.
> >
> >Andrew Vik
> >Tampa FL
>
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