Have you ever seen a flying squirrel flapping through the air, watched a beaver carrying a load of mud on its tail, or ducked when a porcupine started throwing its quills? Probably not, says Warner Shedd, debunking these and many more popular myths about our animal friends in Owls Aren't Wise & B...
They bear no relationship to alligators and other reptiles, however; instead, they’re a type of salamander known as the newt—in this case, the Eastern or red-spotted newt (Notophthalmus viridescens).Like frogs and toads, salamanders are amphibians, meaning that they can lead a doubl...