On Veterans Day/Remembrance Day the weather was relatively pleasant so we headed to our neighbourhood park in search of worms. We discovered on this day that the best place to find the big guys is under rotting logs.
Alex stopped to look at the creek.
Matthew soon joined him.
Near the end of the trail loop we decided to head off the concrete into the trees to check out some fallen logs. When we lifted the second log, I saw something that I thought was baby snake. I grabbed a little stick and poked it and low and behold....
Sally the Salamander!! We put him in with the worms in our little plastic container and took him home where we provided him with this lush habitat.
He lived with us for a week during which time we found out he was a Western Redback Salamander, that although the internet says they eat worms they really don't (at least he never ate the one we gave him) and that they can live (barely) in a jar for a week.
The next weekend we drove back to the park in the pouring rain to release him back under the log where we found him. Matthew was heartbroken and yelled "I love you Sally" I'll Miss you Sally" all the way back to the car.
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