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paris
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here are some pictures i took back in october of 2005. i was lucky enough to get a semi clear shot of my dicamp with his mouth open.
first is a shot of my 'little' guy...hes 12" long
these salamanders are known to be 'aggressive' and to bite. i caught this one myself and he never tried to bite me. he has 'bitten' me a few times over the years-but not because of aggression. the teeth are very sharp, and they snap at food very fast-so he's gotten me by accident during feedings in the past. the few times he has gotten me he lets go right away. after the first time i switched to feeding him with forceps-but this time he got me again.
you can see its only 1 shallow cut-but his teeth are so sharp it does bleed a lot for the size of wound. the first time he got me i didnt know i was cut-it took a while then the blood just bubbled up and kept flowing, eventually enough to drip off my finger. when this happens you dont feel it much-sort of like being cut by a razor blade. here is a so so picture i got of his teeth
i really wouldnt consider them aggressive-this boy is just trained to eat what ever i feed him and hes got an eager feeding response.
first is a shot of my 'little' guy...hes 12" long
these salamanders are known to be 'aggressive' and to bite. i caught this one myself and he never tried to bite me. he has 'bitten' me a few times over the years-but not because of aggression. the teeth are very sharp, and they snap at food very fast-so he's gotten me by accident during feedings in the past. the few times he has gotten me he lets go right away. after the first time i switched to feeding him with forceps-but this time he got me again.
you can see its only 1 shallow cut-but his teeth are so sharp it does bleed a lot for the size of wound. the first time he got me i didnt know i was cut-it took a while then the blood just bubbled up and kept flowing, eventually enough to drip off my finger. when this happens you dont feel it much-sort of like being cut by a razor blade. here is a so so picture i got of his teeth
i really wouldnt consider them aggressive-this boy is just trained to eat what ever i feed him and hes got an eager feeding response.