'Apocalyptic' summer for wildlife – except slugs, says National Trust {UK}

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jul/16/summer-wildlife-national-trust?intcmp=122


Slugs and snails have thrived in this summer's wet weather, while other species are struggling, say conservationists. Photograph: Helen Guest/Alamy


This year's bad weather has proved "almost apocalyptic" for much of the UK's wildlife, the National Trust warned on Monday.

Many birds, bats, butterflies, bees, amphibians and wildflowers have been struggling in the cold wet conditions and the trust warns that the outlook for some species next year is bleak.

There have been some wildlife winners from the wettest April to June on record and the second dullest June ever recorded, but they are hardly Britain's most loved species, with slugs and snails thriving in gardens.

[Javaman]

1. Personally, I welcome our new slug overlords. nt

[GliderGuider]

2. The Final Battle: Slugs vs. Jellyfish.

Who will rule the planet? Tune in next millennium for this exciting steel-cage fight to the death, coming to a world near you...

[Jellyfish]

4. the answer to life, the universe and everything.

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[Jellyfish]

5. uhhh

[NickB79]

6. The slowest right cross ever swung in history. nt

[Nihil]

3. Didn't realise it was happening all over the country ...

I thought this year's devastation from slugs & snails was the result of the word
getting around about the beer traps in our garden ... I was starting to feel like
someone who'd put up a "Free Beer!" sign in a student town - drink until some
of their mates pass out then the rest go & grab the gastropod equivalent of a
kebab on the way home ...