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Old 20-07-2012, 10:03 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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On 20/07/2012 21:35, Jake wrote:
On Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:19:23 +0100 (BST), wrote:


I am convinced that the reason I am finding so many half-way up
my plants is that they are trying to escape the waters. I shall
start to get seriously worried if I come across any freshwater
mussels attached to my beans, but I suspect that it's only a
matter of time.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

It's down to societal hierarchy. Snails aspire to higher things than
the homeless (slugs) and so always climb up to avoid the ghettos and
the trouble that ensues there.

I've been thinking of emptying a few buckets full of numbered snails
at the base of Everest and seeing which mollusc gets to the top first.
A charity sponsorship sort of thing.

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling from the East End of Swansea Bay where sometimes
it's raining and sometimes it's not.


I'd start them at the top and see which gets down first to feed.
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