copper and slugs

**"* F* M* <m*@sympatico.ca>**

I have my doubts about copper bothering slugs.

I did a small experiment a while back, when I put a slug in a cup that had 
that sticky copper tape all around the rim. While I watched, the slug 
slithered up the side of the cup, then sat up on the copper and waved at me 
while it looked around from its perch. It didn't seem to me to be the least 
bit repelled or unhappy.

Maybe our Canadian slugs are just more metal-tolerant? Or maybe mine are 
just tougher by nature.

Mary Fran in finally-thawing Toronto

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