>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
The northwestern salamander Ambystoma gracile will excrete a white liquid
from glands behind its head when alarmed. It must taste nasty to a
potential predator. Do other Ambystoma do that?
-- Jay DeLong Olympia, WA "If the biota, in the course of aeons, has built something we like but do not understand, then who but a fool would discard seemingly useless parts? To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering." -- Aldo Leopold (1953)
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