Does everyone fear the Fighting Banana Slug? (1 Viewer)

[Dennis Nicholls]

Steve Christou is to blame for this question. It's not a spoof, it's the real thing.
Hey it's no spoof: we are [rant]the fighting Banana Slugs! [/rant] Get your stuff here: http://slugweb.com/slugweb/ or here http://slugstore.ucsc.edu/

(The term "fighting banana slugs" is a registered trademark of The Regents of The University of California, all rights reserved.)
Hey John Travolta wore a UCSC Slug sweatshirt in Pulp Fiction!

A banana slug is the giant yellow slug of the California redwood rainforest. They are the size and color of a banana:

 

[Jim_F]

I'm not afraid of that.


You're not going to put one on me, are you?

 

[Wayne Bundrick]

Nothing a saucer of beer or a saltshaker can't solve.

 

[Leif Wall]

If one of those ended up in my place of residence, I would be frightened. Just looking at them and imagining how big they actually are... ewwwwww

 

[Jay H]

I have that shirt (The one from Pulp Fiction).. It is truly the mascot of UC Santa Cruz, BTW...
I like slugs too, (besides Spiders), this was my .signature for awhile in college:

 . . . . . . . . 
 _!/ _!/ SLUGS !_ !_ 
 .::-' _> .::-' _> NOT

 

[Steve Christou]

I'm not afraid of that.

Jim have you ever been chased by a Banana Slug? It's scary! Those things have speeds of upto -100mph, you can run but you can't hide! Imagine tripping over and the slug is coming towards you and you're screaming with fear and an hour later you're still on the ground screaming while the slug is taking its time climbing your shoe, I'm shaking just typing this...brrr..

 

[Jim_F]

Heck, I could beat one of them up with my bare hands any of a number of garden tools.

 

[KyleS]

Good one Jim but I still stick with the nice large canister of Salt myself and scrape them off later.
KyleS

 

[Wayne Bundrick]

Three words: Nerdiest. Mascot. Ever.

 

[Dave Bennett]

Other odd mascots:
Arkansas Tech Wonder Boys
Saint Louis University Bilikens

 

[Dennis Reno]

We have a high school in SE Michigan that has the nickname "The Tractors". Nothing brings a tear to the eye like hearing a rousing fight song involving tractors.

As for the Slug, its goofy, but I like it.

 

[Greg_R]

Nerdiest. Mascot. Ever.

I think Western Kentucky's "Big Red" ranks high on the "What is that thing?" list. http://www.capitalonebowl.com/mascot_vote.php has a pic.

 

[Kirk Gunn]

Banana Slug vs. Turkey Knapp in a steel-cage match !