19th September 2004, 12:28 PM
Salt isn't nearly as effective on them as it is on slugs.
Soft bodied creatures like that are just so harmless seeming. Even the blood sucking leeches almost seem cute. They are like frogs, there's just not a single person alive who's ever said "Oh look, a frog!" in a horrifying manner. It's always more excited, hopeful. Maybe it will hop over here, and settle next to me, so I can put it in a jar, with a twig and a leaf, to simulate it's natural environment. I mean, a frog can't do a single thing to defend itself, at all. It can't scratch, or bite, or sting, or anything. All it can do is wet itself, and rabbits do a much better job of that (plus rabbits can bite, and scratch). The only frogs that can defend themselves in any way aren't even in America. Those golden arrow frogs are the most poisonous creatures on the planet, yes, but you won't be seeing those anywhere near here, hence, frogs are the most benign creatures in America.
Soft bodied creatures like that are just so harmless seeming. Even the blood sucking leeches almost seem cute. They are like frogs, there's just not a single person alive who's ever said "Oh look, a frog!" in a horrifying manner. It's always more excited, hopeful. Maybe it will hop over here, and settle next to me, so I can put it in a jar, with a twig and a leaf, to simulate it's natural environment. I mean, a frog can't do a single thing to defend itself, at all. It can't scratch, or bite, or sting, or anything. All it can do is wet itself, and rabbits do a much better job of that (plus rabbits can bite, and scratch). The only frogs that can defend themselves in any way aren't even in America. Those golden arrow frogs are the most poisonous creatures on the planet, yes, but you won't be seeing those anywhere near here, hence, frogs are the most benign creatures in America.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)