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Butano State Park might be the answer to your holiday weekend prayers – a compact but mighty 4,728 acres of redwood majesty tucked into the folds of the Santa Cruz Mountains near ... from the ...
Santa Maria High School Link Crew leaders recently hosted a final social meeting of the year called Banana Split Sunday.
For thousands of admitted students, Banana Slug Day is more than a campus visit. It’s a chance to see what college life could be like and imagine their future at UC Santa Cruz. This year’s event, held ...
Tyler Atkins picked a great time to launch his first-ever varsity home run for the Santa Fe Indians baseball club.
Banana slugs are one of the many species that have both male and female genitalia. Banana slugs are different in that they don’t need a partner; they are able to clone themselves, says the NPR ...
The banana slugs, bears, unicorns and narwhals — soft to the touch and made with plush fabrics — will no doubt brighten some kid’s day. But nowadays, Scott Clarke, Douglas’s owner ...
This method of locomotion, although effective in providing stability and traction, is inherently slow. A banana slug. Image via Depositphotos. The slow pace of slugs is partly due to their need to ...
At Cal Lutheran 3, UC Santa Cruz 2: Senior outside hitter/opposite Dylan Foreman had 20 kills and 11 digs, but the No. 18 ranked Banana Slugs saw their 2-1 set lead evaporate in a 25-15 ...
Next on our list is the Banana slug, a slow-moving gastropod that moves at 0.48 km per hour. These slimy creatures are found primarily in western North America, and their name originates from their ...
Turns out banana slugs are way more intense than we thought - they actually have 90 times more teeth than a great white shark. In this video, we dive into that bizarre fact, explore how it’s ...