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CKing
at Sat Mar 28 22:32:14 2009 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by CKing ]
>>Nice pic, roads are deathtraps for migrating amphibs though...
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>>A room of herps.
>>www.freewebs.com/kapoktree
No kidding. I even saw a passing truck crush a migrating tiger salamander right in front of my eyes. Too late to do anything. I had just stopped my car and couldn't get out fast enough to move it out of the way. Another bad "habit" that some salamanders have developed is to come out at night onto roadways after rains, not because they need the heat from the road surface, but because often small rain puddles form on road surfaces, and the salamanders just like to soak themselves in those puddles. The stationary salamander exposes itself to far greater danger than a migrating salamander crossing a road.
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RE: good year for tigers - CKing, Sat Mar 28 22:32:14 2009