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 Banana slug is the 2nd largest slug in the world - the largest in North America. Banana slugs can grow all the way up to 25cm in length. The Banana slug belongs to the Genus Ariolimax, which contains 3 species, the best known of which is the A. columbianus. The Banana was named by Augustus Gould in 1851.