Re: Kids roaming the woods

In a message dated 2/21/03 2:30:24 PM Eastern Standard Time, Blee811@aol.com 
writes:


> one day who were hunting for salamanders under rocks in the creek--and 
> finding quite a few. 

I had one of these in a big glass bowl on the kitchen counter when I was in 
grade school.  I was allowed to keep and observe all kinds of creatures 
providing they were released undamaged.

The salamander disappeared one day and was not found in a whole house search. 
 My mother was not happy about this.  Many years later moving carpets in the 
LR, a small perfectly preserved skeleton was found under a carpet.  It still 
disturbs me to think about what I did to that little animal.

We lived, in the summer,  near fresh water streams.  It occurs to me that 
slugs are not seeing enough toads in suburban locations as they require fresh 
water to breed.  Maybe translocating toads is not a bad idea.  There is also 
a woodland frog.  This frog is a slug predator.  We have many woodland frogs. 
 I have not see either supplied for gardens but it might work if shady cools 
spots were available for them.  They are harmless to plants.

Claire Peplowski
NYS z4

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