Fascinating Salamander Facts

Salamanders can hear with their lungs.

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1. Salamanders can hear with their lungs.

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2. The giant palm salamander can stick its tongue out 50 times faster than you can blink.

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3. Mudpuppies spend their entire lives underwater and are distinguished as the only salamanders that make sound - a dog-like barking.

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4. A salamander can have its brain removed, cut into slices, shuffled, minced, put back in again and still function as normal.

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5. 2014 was the International Year of the Salamander, the Family, the Secretary, and the Spine.

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Camel urine is as thick as syrup.

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Reindeer have golden eyes in summer and blue eyes in winter.

You can tell if a duck has bird flu by smelling its droppings.

Coyotes in the US have learnt how traffic lights work so they can cross the road safely.

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The giant palm salamander can stick its tongue out 50 times faster than you can blink.

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Hummingbirds lay eggs the size of peas.

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