{"id":232,"date":"2010-12-10T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T12:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/?p=232"},"modified":"2010-12-10T12:52:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T12:52:02","slug":"slippery-big-suckers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/?p=232","title":{"rendered":"Slippery Big Suckers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oh yes, bugs are big around here. \u00c2\u00a0Or should I say slugs! \u00c2\u00a0 Enormous almost doesn&#8217;t cut it. \u00c2\u00a0They are know as Leopard Slugs (Limax Maximus). \u00c2\u00a0As it has been so wet around here of late, they have been very active, but only ever at night. \u00c2\u00a0We don&#8217;t actually know where they hide out during daylight hours. \u00c2\u00a0We have learnt that it&#8217;s not a good idea to walk around barefoot outside our house when it is dark and wet. \u00c2\u00a0I am sure you can guess why! \u00c2\u00a0Did I hear someone say eeew? \u00c2\u00a0Well that is an understatement. \u00c2\u00a0Shall we leave it at that?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_234\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234 \" title=\"Leopardslug\" src=\"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leopard Slug pictured next to an Australian 20 cent coin for size comparison<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_233\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233\" title=\"Leopardslug2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug2.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Leopardslug2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Up close, but forget personal!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oh yes, bugs are big around here. \u00c2\u00a0Or should I say slugs! \u00c2\u00a0 Enormous almost doesn&#8217;t cut it. \u00c2\u00a0They are know as Leopard Slugs (Limax Maximus). \u00c2\u00a0As it has been so wet around here of late, they have been very &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/?p=232\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[75,76],"class_list":["post-232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-natives","tag-leopard-slug","tag-limax-maximus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.embracingitall.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}