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Fire salamanders live in central European forests and
are more common in hilly areas. They prefer deciduous
forests, since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around
mossy tree trunks. Fire salamanders can have a very
long lifespan. A salamander lived for more than 50
years in Museum Koenig, a German natural
history museum
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In 1607, Edward Topsel published the book
'The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents', which,
along with illustrations of newts and salamanders resembling
serpents and dragons, hypothesizes about the ability of
salamanders to extinguish fire, receive nourishment
from fire, and traverse through fire unscathed
Read more here
Fire salamanders live in central European forests and
are more common in hilly areas. They prefer deciduous
forests, since they like to hide in fallen leaves and around
mossy tree trunks. Fire salamanders can have a very
long lifespan. A salamander lived for more than 50
years in Museum Koenig, a German natural
history museum
link
In 1607, Edward Topsel published the book
'The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents', which,
along with illustrations of newts and salamanders resembling
serpents and dragons, hypothesizes about the ability of
salamanders to extinguish fire, receive nourishment
from fire, and traverse through fire unscathed
Read more here
I've posted this one before...but
I had to do it again! It is by
Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo (1900-92)
I had to do it again! It is by
Ida Bohatta-Morpurgo (1900-92)
Anton Klieber: A putto with a fire salamander.
Designed ca. 1910, manufactured by
the Gmunden pottery factory
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Designed ca. 1910, manufactured by
the Gmunden pottery factory
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2 comments:
Hi
This is an interesting post, Mette!
Salamanders are definitely fantastic creastures!! Love the illustration and "A putto with a fire salamander". We have other types of salamander and one of them is really huge.
You have huge salamanders? Here in Denmark they are rather small...and you only see them in a few places. i've seen some when I was a child and rember that i was very inpressed by seeing them...
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