First, the reptile. I was moving some wood around in our woodpile when I came upon this guy:



Just a common garter snake; probably about 50 cm long. My dog was afraid of it, whereas my one cat wanted to be its friend. It smelled bad.

And next we have the amphibian:



Not entirely sure what kind of salamander this is, but he was found in some old hay at the barn; nowhere near water, which I thought was unusual. His tail was covered in mud for some reason.

My original plan was to put them in a cage together and have an epic duel to the death, but unfortunately this never happened. Mostly because I had released the snake before I found the salamander.

the salamander looks like a jelly sweet.

eat it.

Jelly sweets are not the same thing as spiders.

Oh sweet a man-eating salamander. Fancy you found one! Eat it before it eats you!

No deathmatch?

This thread fails.

Shush you sadistic woman.

We have loads of those things around our house. Garter snakes are cool.

They do make tasty spagetti noodles. Add meat balls and chunky tomato sauce and you've got a meal.

The snake would've won hands down, due to its agility, and the fact that the salamander doesn't have any armor! It only has a fleshy epidermis, while the snake has armor scales.

The smell of the garter snake is a natural defense mechanism, much like a skunk's spray. Adult salamanders often live far from water; all they need is to stay moist and have access to water for breeding.

Garter snakes bite?

[QUOTE=Mr. Stafford]eat it.[/QUOTE]

I concur.

He's probably been eaten by the man-eating salamander. Poor Ontarien. Told you to eat it!

kyle90 is the man-eating salamander

Snakes...? Eat...?

I've done it.




All snakes bite. Some just aren't poisonous.