"People were smoking something else before they were smoking cannabis." - CHRIS DUVALL, Baked: How Pot Brownies and Pate de Fruits Fueled an Edible Cannabis Revolution, Gastropod #Gastropod #420day #ChrisDuvall

"Cannabis is communal." - MEGON DEE, Baked: How Pot Brownies and Pate de Fruits Fueled an Edible Cannabis Revolution, Gastropod #Gastropod #420day #MegonDee

"And at least I can still enjoy the smell of garlic, which is a powerful thing." - NICOLA TWILLEY, The Brightest Bulb, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalGarlicDay #NicolaTwilley

"So it seems like garlic has stronger microbe-killing firepower - but we just don't know." - CYNTHIA GRABER, The Brightest Bulb, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalGarlicDay #CynthiaGraber

Another cute little snail, probably part of a group called ambersnails. So tiny.

#snail #gastropod #invertebrate #macro #inaturalist #wildlife #nature #burnaby #burnabylake #britishcolumbia #canada

"So in the US, it's still called licorice." - BETH KIMMERLE, Licorice: A Dark and Salty Stranger, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalLicoriceDay #BethKimmerle

"Salty licorice is a very strange thing, to be honest." - NICOLA TWILLEY, Licorice: A Dark and Salty Stranger, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalLicoriceDay #NicolaTwilley

"The local PBS station made a documentary about Stiltsville and its little Stilt houses." - NICOLA TWILLEY, You're Wrong About Prohibition, Gastropod #Gastropod #PublicTelevisionDay #NicolaTwilley

"Tens of millions of them were used to move everything: beer, cheese, crackers, salted fish, pickles, sugar, flour, petroleum." - NICOLA TWILLEY, The Barrel That Could Save A Forest, Gastropod #Gastropod #NationalBeerDay #NicolaTwilley

"So far, we've talked a lot about carrot color." - NICOLA TWILLEY, How the Carrot Became Orange, and Other Stories, Gastropod #Gastropod #InternationalCarrotDay #NicolaTwilley