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Posted: 7/24/2022 12:13:53 PM EDT

Cute little guys. I used to have them in a terrarium growing up. I think they were better than lizards because you could take them out with them running away. They're pretty slow. Also they don't seem to poop. Certainly don't leave white turds running down the glass like other lizards do.

Had a handsome guy with yellow spots like this one. General Patton was his name.

Also had some firebelly newts.

Posted: 7/24/2022 12:15:28 PM EDT

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They are pretty cool. We have tortoises. Even more low maintance lol. A Russian and a Herman. Funny little guys.

Posted: 7/24/2022 12:17:03 PM EDT

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Cool looking little things. I haven't seen one of those in our yard for a long time.

Posted: 7/24/2022 12:49:41 PM EDT

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I always thought it was amazing.

those green newts in a pond - if you had a good look at them were absolute beasts pound for pound. They would attack competitor males, and voraciously go to town on daphnia, insect larvae, etc.
If they were the size of crocs or bigger they would be brutal, dangerous killing machines, covered in neurotoxin, and an apex predator.

They lay their eggs, the little tadpoles lose their gills and turn into inch long orange salamanders over a few months, with a harsh natural selection weeding out like 98.87% of them, and go off with a built in biological polarity and solar based magnetoreception GPS system.

If something wants to brave the neurotoxin despite their warning colors, and rips off a limb or piece of tail, it will regenerate it. Otherwise they go around eating bugs, snails, worms, etc.

Then years later return to the water and and transform into newts and start the cycle over.

If the eastern newt was, say 30ft long like a Prionosuchus, let alone bigger-
Image them on land with no predators due to size and neurotoxins, regenerating injuries, doing this to your dog, sheep, etc,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOIBL33Kl4I

Then every river and lake being filled with these while your kids try to swim, etc-
If you have seen them strike prey in the water at their tiny size it would be crazy at a huge size.

Posted: 7/24/2022 12:52:03 PM EDT

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They’re cool but not really practical for home use.

Posted: 7/24/2022 12:54:06 PM EDT

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Yes, I do.

Posted: 7/24/2022 12:55:45 PM EDT

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Fuck salamanders.

Posted: 7/24/2022 12:56:51 PM EDT

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I found one or two in the back yard growing up.

They were awesome. I'd keep them in a terrarium for about a week and let them go afterwards.

Posted: 7/24/2022 1:00:24 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/24/2022 1:04:15 PM EDT

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I like Commander Salamander.

Posted: 7/24/2022 1:05:10 PM EDT

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Username and avatar lol

Posted: 7/24/2022 1:05:23 PM EDT

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We have these mostly. You'd find them under rocks or logs where the earth is damp. We used to catch them as kids when hunting for ribbon and garter snakes. Today snakes make my skin crawl.

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Posted: 7/24/2022 1:05:48 PM EDT

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Horny little bastard

Posted: 7/24/2022 1:06:44 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/24/2022 1:19:11 PM EDT

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The big ones are cool. They bark like dogs.

Posted: 7/24/2022 1:33:47 PM EDT

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Damn it! I was this close to making a, "It's a lazy way to cook a steak," joke. Nice.

ramairthree, 'scale up = screw up', is definitely a thing in biology. I think the insect world could handle your salamander. Doesn't sound like a great place for H. sapiens though.

Edit: Kicking myself for forgetting Salamander's all things USN blog. Usually a good read.

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:04:59 PM EDT

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As kids we used to catch mudpuppies while fishing in the local river. Usually when we were after bullheads. Harmless but some adults at the time said they were venomous. We never kept any as pets.

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:15:14 PM EDT

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I had a tiger salamander for about ten years.

No idea how old he was when I found him trying to get squished in the shop.

Neat, and easy pet. Coconut husk bedding, a little swimming pond and something to hide under.

Watching them eat crickets was entertaining.

Actually the damn crickets were harder to keep then the salamander

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:20:21 PM EDT

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We too have hellbenders, water dogs, mud puppies around here. Good reason not to reach under rocks or wade barefoot.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:26:49 PM EDT

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My buddy says,

"They're great in coffee:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-a-deadly-camping-trip-revealed-an-arms-race-between-snakes-and-newts

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:27:16 PM EDT

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Fo lunch or dinner?

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:27:32 PM EDT

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Had a huge firebelly in a small pond, got out and dried out in the AZ summer heat.

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:49:50 PM EDT

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Cute little suckers

Posted: 7/24/2022 2:50:10 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/24/2022 2:50:58 PM EDT

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I thought this was a cooking thread about melting cheese

Posted: 7/24/2022 3:03:03 PM EDT

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I thought this was a Warhammer thread

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Posted: 7/24/2022 6:12:54 PM EDT

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I do.

Posted: 7/24/2022 6:27:12 PM EDT

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I like 'em when they are fried up crispy.

Posted: 7/24/2022 6:42:31 PM EDT

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Used them to fish for bass in Roosevelt Lake in AZ.

Posted: 7/24/2022 6:55:54 PM EDT

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As a kid I always had a few as I would catch um at our farms pond

Posted: 7/24/2022 7:08:49 PM EDT

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I did a study on them in college. I was bitten by a snake, and a hornet during that project. Good times (I actually mean that, too).

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