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Hello
everyone, I am restarting animal day as a weekly post and we will
kick off with the Salamander, heard of it????
Salamanders
are a group of amphibians typically characterised by a lizard-like
appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting
at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both
larvae and adults. All present-day salamander families are grouped
together under the order Urodela
Many salamanders are
far from being softies, to put predators off their skin can squirt
out a dangerous poison which if swallowed can be powerful enough to
kill a human.
The biggest
salamanders lurk in Japanese and Chinese rivers, where they grow to
1.8m long and in prehistoric times they could be the size of a
car........what the hell............
Many old legends
says that they can survive a fire, sadly this isn't true. These slimy
looking creatures often like to hide inside rotten logs, so when
people place said logs on their fire the salamander craws out.
Like a starfish or
flatworm they also have the ability to regenerate or regrow body
parts that are lost. They can regrow their legs and tails as well as
parts of their eyes, hearts and brain.
I have a great fondness for salamanders. :)
ReplyDeleteThey look like lizards and I am sorry I don't like lizards.
ReplyDeleteSalamanders are one of those I like.
ReplyDeleteOne of those critters "everybody finds one under a rock as a kid" that I never have found, under a rock nor elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteI've heard of salamanders but had no idea they could squirt a poison that could kill a human.
ReplyDeleteRita: So cool
ReplyDeleteNancy: I get that
Katie: That's nice to hear, I think
Chris: I have never ssen one under a rock or on a rock or in a rock
Karen: That surprised me too
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