Ep. 282 : Spotted Salamander Migration

<p>Two friends and I got in my car on a stormy night to drive 35 minutes through the thick rain to sneak around the woods looking for migrating Salamanders. This wasn’t the first time either. I have been doing this pilgrimage for a few years, and am still excited every time. This time I brought a recorder with us as well, to try and hold the moment to better convey over the radio. </p><p>Thanks to all the Spotted Salamanders and frogs and worms for just doing their thing. Also to Nat and Dani for coming along.</p><p><strong>To learn more : </strong><br><em>Metamorphosis</em> by Peter B. Mills. Self published, 2016.</p><p><em>Wading Right In </em>by Catherine Owen Koning and Sharon M. Ashworth. University of Chicago Press, 2019.</p><p><a href="https://www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10.1073/pnas.1018259108" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Intracellular invasion of green algae in a salamander host by Ryan Kerney, Eunsoo Kim, Roger P. Hangarter, Aaron A. Heiss, Cory D. Bishop, and Brian K. Hall.</a> (pdf)</p><p><a href="https://www.dal.ca/news/2011/04/05/algae_invasion.html" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Algae invasion : Algae and salamander relationship is mutually beneficial by Marilyn Smulders.</a></p><p><br></p>