The Salamander
The salamander when attacked has this neat little feature that makes it lose it’s tale and the tale will lie there twitching drawing the predators attention so that the prey may escape. It then later grows it’s tale back. One less worry in life if it loses that limb lol.
Salamanders are usually small in body with teh exception of the Chinese Giant salamander in which can be up to 6 foot in length and weigh up to 66 pounds.
They come in a variety of colors but the most brightly colored ones are usually a signal to the predator that they are of a poisoness nature if eaten. Some salamanders live in water and some live on land.
Hunting is yet another unique aspect of salamanders. In the lungless salamanders, muscles surrounding the hyoid bone contract to create pressure and actually “shoot” the hyoid bone out of the mouth along with the tongue. The tip of the tongue is composed of a mucus which creates a sticky end to which the prey is captured. Muscles in the pelvic region are used in order to reel the tongue and the hyoid back to its original position. Many of the highly aquatic species, however, have no muscles in the tongue, and do not use it for capturing prey, while most other species have a mobile tongue, but without the adaptations to the hyoid bone. Most species of salamander have small teeth in both the upper and lower jaws. Unlike frogs, even the larvae of salamanders possess these teeth.[2]
