I know the article in question, part of
Dragon's "Ecology of" series. It'll take me a day or two to dig it out of the archives (i.e. figure out which box I packed those magazines in, and find the right issue) but I can send it to interested parties. I think what Solar just posted is the section from the MM, right? The article, if my memory serves me, is quite a bit longer. Length as well as copyright restrictions forbide me posting it here, but if anybody wants it, I'll be happy to e-mail it. (I doubt the author would mind having something 15 years out of print recirculated a bit!)
The whole series was rather interesting. They took piercers, beholders, dryads, and so forth, and made mock-scientific articles about them. Some were more tongue-in-cheek than others, but they all were interesting reading.
(See, and this is good, cuz if anybody wants the article, it means I'LL NEVER HAVE TO THROW THE MAGAZINES AWAY! If anybody tells me, "but you never read them anymore," I can just say, "but remember that time I went and found something for somebody? I NEED them!!!!" Heh-heh!
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Oh, and speaking of slugs, a friend of mine and I once wrote a list of 101 things to do with a dead slug as part of a 200+ thread on the subject of slugs. It's humor, obviously, and I'm rather proud of it. It not only made people laugh, it also grossed out an amazing number of innocent folks just browsing along.
