Let us not forget the Evergreen Geoducks. Must be seen to be truly appreciated: http://www.evergreen.edu/athletics/geoduck.htm
---chris Christopher J Wells, Geographer National Wetlands Research Center, USGS 700 Cajundome Blvd Lafayette, LA 70506 Office: 337 266 8651 Cell: 337 288 0737 [email protected] From: "Dixon, Mark" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 08/04/2009 11:28 PM Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] How 'bout those Boll Weevils? Sent by: "Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news" <[email protected]> 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
