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qnr

(16,190 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:33 PM Jul 2015

Arrrghhh! They're too adorable! Save me....

World's cutest slugs look like gooey, candy bunnies

http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/16/8978249/bunny-slugs-jorunna-parva

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Arrrghhh! They're too adorable! Save me.... (Original Post) qnr Jul 2015 OP

Gooey candy bunnies is now my new phrase of the day pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #1

hahahah you're welcome! n/t qnr Jul 2015 #2

I already used it in GD! pinboy3niner Jul 2015 #3

hahahaha I love it! n/t qnr Jul 2015 #5

I must pet it! Solly Mack Jul 2015 #4

Kind of a wet pet :D n/t qnr Jul 2015 #6

I bet they taste better than candy bunnies lame54 Jul 2015 #7

Perhaps. They don't look particularly tasty to qnr Jul 2015 #10

thats how bad candy bunnies are... lame54 Jul 2015 #11

That bad huh? Don't eat them for a number of reasons qnr Jul 2015 #14

Even got an adorable heiney... BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #8

I know, that's kind of what I was thinking, qnr Jul 2015 #9

A little ring of feathers BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #12

Not at all! n/t qnr Jul 2015 #13

:D BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #15

Yes, it does. tclambert Jul 2015 #18

What? That's cute as heck. What's your point? :D n/t qnr Jul 2015 #20

I have no point. I read "animal butts" and immediately thought baboon. tclambert Jul 2015 #21

Yup! Know the feeling, I have done that myself. qnr Jul 2015 #22

Damn, I thought that was one of those "Walmart Shopper" pics at first. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #30

awww KMOD Jul 2015 #16

Indeed. OT, but hearing 'slugs' always makes me think of leopard qnr Jul 2015 #17

I love nature passiveporcupine Jul 2015 #19

Yipes. n/t qnr Jul 2015 #25

Do I hear the Cheshire cat smoking his hookah? nt tblue37 Jul 2015 #23

I didn't earlier, but I do now! n/t qnr Jul 2015 #28

Water bunnies. Cute. nt valerief Jul 2015 #24

Indeed they are :D n/t qnr Jul 2015 #29

It sounds like the slug lives in Darth Vader's lungs. lob1 Jul 2015 #26

hahahah, yeah n/t qnr Jul 2015 #27

don't eat them! Liberal_in_LA Jul 2015 #31

Not a chance! n/t qnr Jul 2015 #32

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

1. Gooey candy bunnies is now my new phrase of the day

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 12:42 PM

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Thankyou!

qnr

(16,190 posts)

2. hahahah you're welcome! n/t

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:47 PM

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pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

3. I already used it in GD!

Reply to qnr (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:55 PM

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026978040#post154

qnr

(16,190 posts)

5. hahahaha I love it! n/t

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:14 PM

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Solly Mack

(90,795 posts)

4. I must pet it!

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 01:56 PM

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Or not.

qnr

(16,190 posts)

6. Kind of a wet pet :D n/t

Reply to Solly Mack (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:15 PM

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lame54

(35,335 posts)

7. I bet they taste better than candy bunnies

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:53 PM

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qnr

(16,190 posts)

10. Perhaps. They don't look particularly tasty to

Reply to lame54 (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:03 PM

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me though

lame54

(35,335 posts)

11. thats how bad candy bunnies are...

Reply to qnr (Reply #10)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:04 PM

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like peeps or circus peanuts

qnr

(16,190 posts)

14. That bad huh? Don't eat them for a number of reasons

Reply to lame54 (Reply #11)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:10 PM

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Vegetarian for one (the peeps have gelatin), haven't seen circus peanuts for decades (I'm diabetic, don't really look for candy much heheheh).

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

8. Even got an adorable heiney...

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 02:57 PM

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SKQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

qnr

(16,190 posts)

9. I know, that's kind of what I was thinking,

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #8)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:02 PM

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though more along the lines of a fluffy tail

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

12. A little ring of feathers

Reply to qnr (Reply #9)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:05 PM

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Tooooo frikken cute!!!!!!

I don't know....I love critter butts. Does that make me weird?

qnr

(16,190 posts)

13. Not at all! n/t

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:09 PM

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BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)

15. :D

Reply to qnr (Reply #13)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:12 PM

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tclambert

(11,087 posts)

18. Yes, it does.

Reply to BlancheSplanchnik (Reply #12)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:35 PM

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qnr

(16,190 posts)

20. What? That's cute as heck. What's your point? :D n/t

Reply to tclambert (Reply #18)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:03 PM

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tclambert

(11,087 posts)

21. I have no point. I read "animal butts" and immediately thought baboon.

Reply to qnr (Reply #20)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:14 PM

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It's a weird reflex, I suppose, but there it is.

qnr

(16,190 posts)

22. Yup! Know the feeling, I have done that myself.

Reply to tclambert (Reply #21)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 04:32 PM

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That "what's your point" is, of course, just a standard joke comment - and not something specifically directed at you.

BlueJazz

(25,348 posts)

30. Damn, I thought that was one of those "Walmart Shopper" pics at first.

Reply to tclambert (Reply #21)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 08:21 PM

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KMOD

(7,906 posts)

16. awww

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:13 PM

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Very cute. Nothing at all like the ones I see when I'm camping.

qnr

(16,190 posts)

17. Indeed. OT, but hearing 'slugs' always makes me think of leopard

Reply to KMOD (Reply #16)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:20 PM

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seals. That's what I used to call them when I'd see them on the ice floes, 'Giant Sea Slugs.'

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)

19. I love nature

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 03:56 PM

Jul 2015

I wonder how many colors they come in.

If Japan is anything like us and our Easter chicks, they will inject them with all different colored dyes.

qnr

(16,190 posts)

25. Yipes. n/t

Reply to passiveporcupine (Reply #19)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 10:04 PM

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tblue37

(65,502 posts)

23. Do I hear the Cheshire cat smoking his hookah? nt

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:40 PM

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qnr

(16,190 posts)

28. I didn't earlier, but I do now! n/t

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #23)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 02:37 AM

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valerief

(53,235 posts)

24. Water bunnies. Cute. nt

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2015, 09:40 PM

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qnr

(16,190 posts)

29. Indeed they are :D n/t

Reply to valerief (Reply #24)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 02:37 AM

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lob1

(3,820 posts)

26. It sounds like the slug lives in Darth Vader's lungs.

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 02:23 AM

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qnr

(16,190 posts)

27. hahahah, yeah n/t

Reply to lob1 (Reply #26)

Fri Jul 17, 2015, 02:36 AM

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Liberal_in_LA

(44,397 posts)

31. don't eat them!

Reply to qnr (Original post)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 08:25 PM

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qnr

(16,190 posts)

32. Not a chance! n/t

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #31)

Sun Jul 19, 2015, 09:05 PM

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