**If memory serves, snails are from the mollusk family and slugs from gastropods. Will ask my children when they return later (HS biology texts probably have the desired info). Never eaten a slug (though they love beer -- left to trap them in my garden) -- escargot is incredibly tasty. TC, /Steve Cameron, NJ JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote: > And what about slugs, which seem to be snails without their built-in home? > > Julie Krueger > ========Original Message======== Subj: [lit-ideas] Re: Diet of Worms > Date: 2/5/05 2:53:45 A.M. Central Standard Time From: _carolkir@xxxxxxxxx > (mailto:carolkir@xxxxxxxx) To: _lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > (mailto:lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) Sent on: > >>What's the dish on snails? > > > Ah. Snails belong to the same family as frog's legs (as opposed to > amphibious frogs), and are best sauteed with butter and garlic. Snails on > their own are a bad idea, except in gardens. For a more detailed biological > explanation, raise your own expert. Mine allows one question per month. > Carol > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 10:43 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Diet of Worms > > > >>It's odd, but I didn't know that about worms. Many thanks. >> > > Are they too their own man, so to speak? > >>yrs, >>andreas >> www.andreas.com >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carol Kirschenbaum" <carolkir@xxxxxxxx> >> >> >>> Andreas, >>>Good question, so I asked my son the developmental biologist at UC >>>Berkeley. >>>He wrote: >>>"Well, there's many kinds of worms. >>>The common earthworm is called an annelid. Segmented, no appendages >>>(legs). >>>Another example in this group is the leech. >>>There are also flatworms, called platyhelminthes. Example- planarian. >>>There are round worms, called nematodes. Example- C. elegans. >>>You're right, they aren't all of those things that you mentioned. They >>>are >>>on their own." >>> >>>So there you have it. The worm slithers alone. >>>Best, >>>Carol >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >>digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html