25 The Court first used the phrase critical stage in connection with the right to counsel in Parkerv. Illinois, 333 U.S. 571, 575 (1948), and first specified that counsel must be provided to a defendant ata critical stage of a criminal prosecution in Hamilton v. Alabama, 368 U.S. 52, 54-55 (1961).
01 December 1978. The largest known land gastropod is the African giant snail Achatina achatina, the largest recorded specimen of which measured 39.3 cm (15.5 in) from snout to tail when fully extended, with a shell length of 27.3 cm (10.75 in) in December 1978. It weighed exactly 900 g (2 lb).
The Slugs Eating. Slugs belong to a large group of animals called the Molluscs. This group includes clams, squid, and octopus, oysters as well as slugs and snails. Slugs are most closely related to snails; in fact, slugs are generally thought of as snails without shells. Slugs vary in length, depending on species and age, from 1/4 inch to as much as 10 inches. They are elongate with a prominent dorsal, fleshy mantle that encloses the vital organs.