The Banana Slug, a bright yellow, slimy, shell-less mollusk commonly found on the redwood forest floor, was the unofficial mascot for UC Santa Cruz coed teams since the university's early years. The students' embrace of such a lowly creature was their response to the fierce athletic competition fostered at most American universities.
I thought it was in response to the Irvine Aardvarks.
14 posted on 07/30/2013 6:54:19 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler
(I hear wet grass.)