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I saw what appeared to be a 12-14" salamander today in my brood pond. It only had 2 front legs, and escaped before I could catch it. Bad picture, but he wouldn't sit still long enough to get a better one. Maybe a Sirenidae (Siren)? 
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Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
"She took another microscopic bite of her sandwich, then pushed it away. Maybe she absorbed nutrients from her surroundings."
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Hey that's a rainbow trout. LOL
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If this is what I think it is, these can grow to 36". That'll be a freak for sure.
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Maybe it's there to escape the LMB in the big pond?
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Maybe it's there to escape the LMB in the big pond? If so, that was a wise decision. My first thought was that it did look like a trout as Cecil said, and I had considered turning it into a scooby snack for my LMB. Since I don't know if it's poisonous, I decided against it. Whatever it is, it's the first time I've seen anything like it here.
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I don't think they are all that common. If it was my ponds, I'd leave it there.
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Oh I am, because now I'm curious to see if there are any more of them.
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Oh wow, they are rare and require very specific conditions to survive. Clean water, low predators, ample food... I have never actually seen one though. Not too many people have...
We get Hellbenders around here, which are very large salamanders. I have only seen one in my life, and it surprised me when I flipped over a rock looking for little salamanders. Freaky looking critters! Rare to the point that zoos have breeding programs.
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A real man would have just grabbed the thing......
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
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True, but a real man wouldn't have screamed like a 6 yo girl like I did when I almost stepped on it. Unfortunately, there were no real men around.
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We went and shot Sporting Clays Saturday morning. Myself and 3 "city" boys. A chipmunk ran by in front of us about 6' away. Two of the guys jumped about a foot in the air and ran about 10'.
These same two guys, when we were in Wisconsin in June, going into a restraunt/bar to eat dinner, screamed like little girls and ran about 50' when they came face to face with a porcupine that was on the walkway going to the front door of the place. I really think they ran faster than the porcupine did. I was laughing so hard I was crying.
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True, but a real man wouldn't have screamed like a 6 yo girl like I did when I almost stepped on it. Unfortunately, there were no real men around. LOL!!!!!!!!
Excerpt from Robert Crais' "The Monkey's Raincoat:"
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Those are often called the best big LMB bait around !!!!
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