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would you say mumsnet these days is a safe space for a non-transphobic lesbian with children to hang out?

I still like goats' butter but nothing else.

That doesn't sound like the most balanced diet!

"I still like goats' butter but nothing else."

Who you gonna call?

Sorry - I had to. A big boy did it and ran away.

Leopard slugs are "known to pursue other slugs at a top speed of 15 centimetres (6 in) per minute"

We've had a few invade our kitchen in the evening recently, both DH and I have managed to step on one. Although I'm sure the slugs came off worse I wouldn't recommend it.

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oh blast @SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius got there first.

EVIL wolefGenius

Great minds, @DeanElderberry.

Mwah ha ha ha ha ha!

There are some places where going in the deer park with an open bag of crisps means taking your lift in your hands.

I got mugged by one of the monkeys in Gibraltar. Just a bag of sweets, possibly smarties, that my uncle gave me to give them. It came up behind me and took them out of my hand. I just remember feeling small, soft cold fingers.

@MyrtleLion how did you binge on goats milk and cheese whilst being dairy free?

And how did this thread get onto goats and slugs?

I blame the dragons. They are trying to confuse us.

Slugs really freak me out, I stepped on one barefoot at 14 and that still makes me cringe and feel weird when I think about it. Can't even look at one now.

Because my intolerance is to cow's milk not goat's.

Some goats have been genetically modified with spider genes to have silk in their milk.

Spider goat, spider goat...

Technically spider silk protein, but its still weird.

Thanks, I hate it

I thought they lived in goat sheds.
I know someone who keeps goats. He calls them goat sheds.
He doesn't call the billy goat a billy goat, he calls him a malign little fucker - or similar.

I loathe slugs too. Snails I'm fine with but slugs are creepy little fuckers.

We need to ask ! 😉😂

Funnily enough I am also fine with snails, my best friend has a giant African land snail and I love him, i've even held him. Slugs just nope😂.

I once read a horror story about the mating habits of snails.

I was too young. And now I hate slugs and snails.

Slug slime is simply horrible if you get it on your skin. I suppose it helps them ooze through the edges of doors which don't even let a draught in (ive caught them in the act once or twice). I suppose it helps their astonishing sex lives though.

Did you know, slugs have around 27000 teeth?

Nasty orange bastards.

No I did not, that's made me shudder, that's a lot of gnashers!

🎵 You call it Litch-en
I call it Like- en
Let’s call the whole thing moss.
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EdithStourton · Today 09:07

I've never tried mare's milk, so have no idea what that tastes of.

It doesn't have a strong taste and is slightly sweet, having no fat, it's very thirst quenching.

Kumis is very sour, like kefir, with a smoky flavour and slightly fizzy. The narrow barrels they prepare it in are held over a fire of the oily leaves of a shrub, so that the oily smuts coat the inside.

Shubat, the camel's milk equivalent it very creamy and tastes more like Greek yoghurt. It doesn't smell like camel, or camel meat, which is very strong.

Update: Shocked, stunned silence, rendered speechless for a moment or two then laughter.

How you 'feel' is your responsibility. And the importance of anyone's right to not be offended pales into insignificance in comparison to the importance of a person's right to offend. Critical thinking innit?