Annie and her friend Lily found some California Slender Salamanders in the back yard yesterday. Annie put them in a critter cage with soil and water, plus a few Rolly Pollies, slugs and worms as food offerings. We read about them, and found out a few things. 1.) Salamandars don't have lungs so they breath through their skin, and 2.) Salamanders evolved from fish, so need to be kept very moist and 3.) they like the dark. We brought them to the nature center at Crab Cove here in Alameda and the docents there really enjoyed seeing them. Then we released them last night, and first thing this morning we found two more in a different spot. These delicate creatures have four toes, and big dark eyes. We just released the new pair back into the yard tonight.
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