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Slugs love to "move it, move it!"

 
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Aug30-11, 09:24 AM   #1
 
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Slugs love to "move it, move it!"


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Aug30-11, 09:50 AM   #2
 
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...so goofy....
Aug30-11, 09:59 AM   #3
 
Interesting, was the slug actually responding to music, or were they playing the music in sync with the snail's movements?
Aug30-11, 03:06 PM   #4
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Slugs love to "move it, move it!"


That's funny! I wonder if someone was touching the back of the snail in time to the "move it"?
Aug30-11, 03:11 PM   #5
 
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Great. Even slugs have better dance moves than me.
Aug30-11, 03:42 PM   #6
 
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Somehow I think they were blowing from the back.
Aug30-11, 03:51 PM   #7
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Great. Even slugs have better dance moves than me.
You and me both.

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Somehow I think they were blowing from the back.
Aug30-11, 04:38 PM   #8
 
It looks as if the slug is responding to the sound vibrations moving through either the air, or through the glass/plastic that it is sitting on.

It seems to respond more to the deeper frequencies of the songs harmonics.

It could be a natural response to a percieved threat from the deeper resonance.

Or.......the container could be tickling it's belly with the vibrations from the vocalizations.

A slug vibrator?

Edit for: "No where on the forum is speculation of this sort allowed." ........ "Evo"

Seems to be three or four speculations in the above replies.....Hmmmmm.

Favorites or a double standard?

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Aug30-11, 05:50 PM   #9
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Edit for: "No where on the forum is speculation of this sort allowed." ........ "Evo"

Seems to be three or four speculations in the above replies.....Hmmmmm.

Favorites or a double standard?

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Speculations? People are making jokes about a slug dancing.

Buh-bye!!
Aug31-11, 04:28 AM   #10
 
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Good Riddance! The last thing we need is a self-professed expert who paradoxically admits that they have no education in the fields they are an expert in.

As for the slugs;
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