Newts and Salamanders are some of the coolest animals. They look like lizards but are amphibians and are kinda slimy to the touch. The salamanders that are by me have a solid body and are bigger then the newts. When you hold a salamander it feels so muscular it seems very efficient in it design. Some of my favorite salamanders look like they are smiling. aw cute. Newts on the other hand are light and kinda float in the water and look pissed off. Wicked cool. Legend says salamanders are created from fire. Wikipedia says:
” This connection likely originates from the tendency of many salamanders to dwell inside rotting logs. When placed into a fire, the salamander would attempt to escape from the log, lending to the belief that the salamander was created from flames.”
The Daily Mail is reporting a story of a couple in Wiltshire who’s house was flooded they have been doing renovations for 8 months and last week they were flooded again. Now they have found some endangered newts taking up residence.
“Yet the couple still can’t move back into the house – because the great crested newt apparently got there first. The slippery squatter was discovered when a blocked drainage ditch near the couple’s garden sent water coursing through the property again last week.”
They won’t be able to continue until a 3 month survey is complete. full story
Here is a flickr sideshow of Newts and Salamanders Check it
2 Comments
May 24, 2009 at 10:04 am
maybe hes waiting for a moth ,what an amazing specimen
July 20, 2009 at 1:21 pm
this guy is a beautiful specimen ,maybe hes waitin for an ant