I like the little fellow in your avatar, axolotyl, or whatever you called it. It looks just like a water dog except for the color. The water dogs are actually baby salamanders, so they eventually turn into a salamander, just like a tadpole turns into a frog. Does the one you have stay just like it is right now, or is it going to grow up to become some kind of a salamander, or similar creature ?
My ex-husband used to catch the water dogs out of warm ponds in Central Washington, where he grew up at . He used them for fishing bait; which I thought was a terrible thing to do with such cute little guys. Many gas stations and sports stores sold them to fishermen for bait, and apparently, they were great for catching large bass with.
