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The Hi, everybody, it's Ellen Weatherford.

And Christian Weatherford.

And we're here with just the Zoo of Us, your favorite animal review podcast, where we rate your favorite animals out of 10 in the category of effectiveness, ingenuity, and aesthetics.

We are not zoological experts, but we try our hardest to bring the best information to you.

And we're nice and hyped because we just came in from a slug party that was happening on our back porch.

They were really, it was an absolute rager going on out there.

Quite the diverse lineup, too, in terms of size of slug.

Every shape and size of slug you could possibly dream of was represented on our back porch.

It was fun.

It's been quite rainy.

And so the slugs are loving it.

They are here for it.

And I'm here for them.

The best new neighbors.

Yes, they're so good.

We've been quite charmed by the slug biodiversity up here in the Northwest.

That's true. We only saw them occasionally in Florida. I know slug biodiversity up here in the Northwest. That's true.

We only saw them occasionally in Florida. I know. And they were never like the big, giant, speckley-looking ones. I don't think I ever even, I usually didn't even see the slug. I would just see the shiny trail it left behind. Yeah, that's, well, that is very fun. They're not very attention-grabbing back home, though. These are like, I mean, it's hard not to see them.

The bigans.

I did want to say... They're not very attention grabbing back home, though. These are like, I mean, it's hard not to see them.

The bigons.

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