Montana State University - Billings also has the Yellow Jackets. On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 11:20 PM, Dixon, Mark <[email protected]> wrote:
> Back to the invertebrate theme... isn't Georgia Tech the Yellow Jackets? > > ________________________________ > > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of > [email protected] > Sent: Tue 8/4/2009 6:05 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] How 'bout those Boll Weevils? > > > > Let's not forget the Ohio State Buckeyes. > > Quoting Kimberly Smith <[email protected]>: > > > At the risk of starting an extraneous string, The University of Arkansas > at > > Monticello men are the Boll Weevils and the women are the Cotton > Blossoms... > > even fewer mascots are named after plants, the notable exception being > the > > Indiana State Sycamores... > > > > ********************************************************* > > Kimberly G. Smith > > > > University Professor of Biological Sciences > > Department of Biological Sciences > > University of Arkansas > > Fayetteville, AR 72701 > > 479-575-6359 (note new phone number) > > fax:479-575-4010 email: [email protected] > > ********************************************************* > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Silvert > > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 1:01 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] How to lick a slug (from NYT) > > > > I can't resist adding the observation that the banana slug is, so far as > I > > am aware, the only invertebrate to be selected as a college mascot - at > > UCSC. > > > > Bill Silvert > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Inouye" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 6:19 PM > > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] How to lick a slug (from NYT) > > > > > >>> While backpacking here with my 11-year-old daughter, I kept thinking of > >>> something tragic: so few kids these days know what happens when you > lick a > > > >>> big yellow banana slug. > > > > > > Daniel (Max) Taub > Associate Professor and Chair of the Biology Department > Southwestern University > 1001 East University Ave > Georgetown TX 78626, USA > > email: [email protected] > phone: (512) 863-1583 > fax: (512) 863-1696 > -- James Crants, PhD Scientist, University of Minnesota Agronomy and Plant Genetics Cell: (734) 474-7478
