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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-93--1004255738 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Randy, An excellent video of this phenomenon. I showed it to John Gilhen who says: "I see this often. As you know Four-toed Salamanders have to be handled very carefully as they will shed their tail. Many a Red-backed Salamander I have seen with tail regeneration. In fact every Red- backed Salamander I saw from Isle Haute showed tail regeneration and I was thinking the Deer Mice may be the predator." Cheers! Chris On 20-May-08, at 6:23 PM, Randy Lauff wrote: > > > Well, I learned something new today - I do most days, probably > everyday, but this was a relative biggie for me. I think from early > on, most kids learn that some lizards can drop their tails when > faced with a predator. The tail continues to wiggle, diverting the > predator's attention and the lizard gets away. > I did not know that some salamanders can also do this - a very quick > Google search told me that this may be confined to small ones (i.e. > we would not expect our Yellow-spotted Salamanders to do this, I > don't think). > > Today I was out in the woods with two students. One of them > discovered a Red-backed Salamander with it's dropped tail next to > it. Now I've picked up dozens, if not hundreds of these little guys, > and have never had them drop a tail on me. This one had the dropped > tail when discovered...perhaps it had just been attacked by a snake > or larger salamander and the student scared it off? > > Anyway, I had my camera with me and took a picture and a short > movie. I've posted it at: http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html > . > > Enjoy, > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. Christopher Majka Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca --Apple-Mail-93--1004255738 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi Randy,<div><br></div><div>An = excellent video of this phenomenon. I showed it to John Gilhen who = says:</div><div><br></div><div>"I see this often. As you know Four-toed = Salamanders have to be handled very carefully as they will shed their = tail. Many a Red-backed Salamander I have seen with tail regeneration. = In fact every Red-backed Salamander I saw from Isle Haute showed tail = regeneration and I was thinking the Deer Mice may be the = predator."</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris= </div><div><br><div><div>On 20-May-08, at 6:23 PM, Randy Lauff = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"> <blockquote = class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px = 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> = <div> </div></blockquote></div> <div><br>Well, I learned something = new today - I do most days, probably everyday, but this was a relative = biggie for me. I think from early on, most kids learn that some lizards = can drop their tails when faced with a predator. The tail continues to = wiggle, diverting the predator's attention and the lizard gets away.<br = clear=3D"all"> </div> <div>I did not know that some salamanders can also = do this - a very quick Google search told me that this may be confined = to small ones (i.e. we would not expect our Yellow-spotted Salamanders = to do this, I don't think).</div> <div> </div> <div>Today I was out = in the woods with two students. One of them discovered a Red-backed = Salamander with it's dropped tail next to it. Now I've picked up dozens, = if not hundreds of these little guys, and have never had them drop a = tail on me. This one had the dropped tail when discovered...perhaps it = had just been attacked by a snake or larger salamander and the student = scared it off?</div> <div> </div> <div>Anyway, I had my camera with = me and took a picture and a short movie. I've posted it at: <a = href=3D"http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html">http://people.s= tfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html</a>.</div> <div> </div> = <div>Enjoy,<br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF = Lauff<br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS. = </div></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; = border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; = -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; = -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><div = style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Christopher = Majka</div><div>Nova Scotia Museum, 1747 Summer St., Halifax, Nova = Scotia, Canada B3H 3A6</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div></div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"></span> = </div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-93--1004255738--
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