Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Unauthorized User

We had an unauthorized user this morning in the shower house (Room 3 to be precise). I escorted the perpetrator from the building after obtaining mugshots.
Mark






Spotted Salamander (Ambystoma maculatum)

[It is about 6–7.5 inches long. There are two rows of yellowish orange spots that run from the top of the head (near the eyes) to the tip of the tail. These rows are uneven. The underside is slate gray and pink.
The spotted salamander usually makes its home around hardwood forest areas. They must have a pond as that is the only place they can lay eggs. A spotted salamander spends most of its time beneath ground level. It hides in moist areas under moss-covered logs or stones. These salamanders are secretive and will only exit their underground home on warm rainy nights in Spring, to breed and hunt.
They have the ability to drop their tails, to distract predators. If a predator of the spotted salamander manages to dismember a part of a leg, tail, or even parts of the brain/head, then it can grow back a new one, although this takes a massive amount of energy.]

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