Dr. Bug

How do you kiss a banana slug? Very gently and on the head-end of it’s body where its large pair of tentacle "eyestalks", used to detect light or movement, are located.! But first you need to find one. They like to spend most of their time in moist tree litter on forest floors along North America's Pacific coastal coniferous rainforest belt from Washington to California.

Greetings Inter-Species-Kisser Friends   I will be leaving for the Galapagos Islands on June 4th to kiss marine iguanas, Galapagos tortoises and red, blue and green footed Boobies, among others!  Kiss pictures will be posted in the first week of July.  How do you exactly approach and ask a marine iguana for a kiss?  Think about it!  My answer later.

Have you ever observed a tree frog swallowing a fruit fly? Back-yard tree frogs eat flies and keep them off of fruit so it’s nice for us to eat. They eat flies and other small insects and they take their ecological job very seriously. Where would we be without tree frogs? We’d at least be surrounded by more flies!

The mating croaks of the two inch long Pacific tree frogs can be heard for as much as two miles! They croak almost continuously from March to May. Their skin changes color to match their background from a light tan color to a dark green.

Try to find a tree frog in nature today. They can be found on wet leaves and often hide on the under-side of leaves. Their feet stick to the leaves so they have no problem sitting up-side-down!

Did you know that if a spider web was the size of a large fishing net, it could stop a jet plane, full-throttle in mid-air, no problem? Spider silk (protein) is the strongest known natural (biologically produced) substance.

What’s the strongest inorganic (for example: rocks, minerals and dirt) substance on earth? Think about it! Post your answer on our Blog.


“If a sea otter can’t have fun doing something, it simply won’t do it.” The High Desert Museum