Holding a slug

Here I am holding a slug. EWWWWWWW. I would NEVER EVER hold one normally, however, on my trip to the Pacific Northwest, Olympic National Park, Hoh Rainforest, I decided to be a volunteer. No one would volunteer, so I said I would as long as I didn't have to hold the slug, well, you can see where that got me. I am still holding it. Of course I was horrified, but there was a little girl in our group that seemed more horrified than I...when it was all over, the park ranger assured me that the slug goo would harden and just flake off...okay, still gross, thankfully one of our other hikers had babywipes on hand and offered me one. Thank goodness. I still had to scrub my hands a few times afterwards to recover. Of course EVERYONE in the group had to take a photo of me with the slug. YUCK. BTW this was Sept 2006.