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  • The movement of prey stimulates the salamander's predatory response and once honed in on, the prey item has little chance of escape.

    David Mizejewski: Salamander Eating Habits David Mizejewski 2011

  • The movement of prey stimulates the salamander's predatory response and once honed in on, the prey item has little chance of escape.

    David Mizejewski: Salamander Eating Habits David Mizejewski 2011

  • The movement of prey stimulates the salamander's predatory response and once honed in on, the prey item has little chance of escape.

    David Mizejewski: Salamander Eating Habits David Mizejewski 2011

  • Mr. Stanley helped create a human-sized Snotty mascot to promote the salamander's plight.

    Seeking Respect for the Snot Otter 2011

  • It seemed to Cadfael that the sharp ascending flames of the salamander's cradling fire were searing the fingers that touched them, and crying out for recognition and understanding.

    A River So Long 2010

  • So you claim that most of the salamander's huge amount of DNA is somehow functional (to the individual salamander), but that it functions less efficiently than human DNA, perhaps because salamander genes don't undergo as much alternative splicing.

    Comparing Teleological Predictions with their Non-teleological Counterparts 2007

  • So you claim that most of the salamander's huge amount of DNA is somehow functional (to the individual salamander), but that it functions less efficiently than human DNA, perhaps because salamander genes don't undergo as much alternative splicing.

    Comparing Teleological Predictions with their Non-teleological Counterparts 2007

  • I dreamt of eating a giant salamander's head, slicing up its foamy, white-bloodless, fleshy neck, disgusting

    oatcake Diary Entry oatcake 2007

  • Inman lifted it out and held it cupped in his hand and looked at the salamander's face.

    Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

  • The sight of Percy bellowing himself hoarse at Fred and George, the spectacular display of tangerine stars showering from the salamander's mouth, and its escape into the fire, with accompanying explosions, drove both Filch and the Kwikspell envelope from Harry's mind.

    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Rowling, J. K. 1999

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