Re: NANFA--Off Topic: Ambystoma tigrinum

William Allen jr. (billandbonnie_at_peoplepc.com)
Wed, 4 Jul 2001 00:59:32 -0500

I've seen these things (waterdogs) occaisionally sold at the odd Wal-mart
here and there, but I have never seen the "slick" presentation described -
most Wal-mart fish "sales associates" gladly profess their ignorance and
tend not to have enough imagination to come up with the sales pitch
described from the poster from Jackson MS.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Culler <culler_at_tricon.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: NANFA--Off Topic: Ambystoma tigrinum

> At 03:04 PM 7/3/01 -0500, you wrote:
> >This post does not address Native Fishes.
> >
> >There is some interest among amphibian conservationists in the recent
> >commercial exploitation of larval tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum).
> >Apparently data are limited on how many of these animals are harvested or
> >bred for use as bait and, more recently, as pets.
>
>
> As far as use as bait, they are probably not used much. My experience with
> A. maculatum is that fish will shun them like the plague. I always figured
> it was because they taste bad or something. Anybody with have contrary
> experience?
>
>
> Ranger Bob
> culler_at_tricon.net
> Kingsport, TN
> "The power of humans to degrade the natural world is awesome; the
> capability to reconstitute it later is mythical."
>
>
>
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