Cades Cove || Friday, June 15, 2007

We had 10 Salamander sightings today-- 6 Long Tail Salamanders and 2 Northern Slimy Salamanders (descriptive name... the secrete a slimy substance from their skin that turns sticky as it dries... so, if a snake is trying to constrict to eat one of them, the salamander secretes slime to slip away, and then the snake is stuck in a constricting position from the dried slime... very neat) in Gregory's Cave and then 2 Red Spotted Newts in the Methodist Pond off the loop road. Pictures