Photo from Wikimedia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIf you do spot one of these amphibians, I guarantee you will be amazed by their vibrant colours. Typically, they have a bluish-black body with two rows of yellow or orange spots. Their cool colouring may entice you to pick them up and play with them but you should be warned that the Spotted Salamander is capable of secreting a horrible, milky toxin from glands on their backs and tails. This is obviously used to convince predators not to eat them. You should be fine…..as long as you don’t try eating them!<\/p>\n
Spotted Salamander Fast Fact – <\/strong>In the wild, the Spotted Salamander has been known to live up to 20 years, which is pretty incredible for a small amphibian like this.<\/p>\nWell, I hope you enjoyed today’s Wild Fact and if you see King Somerset (well, I guess he is technically a Duke but that is all the same to me) make sure you thank him for suggesting such a great animal. Enjoy your weekend and I will see you on Monday.<\/p>\n
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Before we get into today’s Wild Fact, I have to take a quick second to wish a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my beautiful niece, Taylor, who is turning an incredible 7 years old today. Have a great day, Tay and enjoy your party at Jungle Cat World this weekend. It appears that the love for animals runs in the family, doesn’t it? Okay, back to our regularly scheduled Wild Fact….. Now I know you are all sad because it is Friday and that means you will have to wait 2 days before you get to read another Wild Fact but please <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[348,2268,4025,1074,1075,2266,2267],"yoast_head":"\n
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