StemmyBotanist

September is here already, and with it comes Domesticated Animals month at AnimalsPlantsNature (https://www.deviantart.com/animalsplantsnature)! As this boiling season eases into breezy late summer, get outside and enjoy the remaining days of nature's warmth. Here is a feature of domesticated animals that appear to be doing just that.

July is Reptiles and Amphibians Month at AnimalsPlantsNature (https://www.deviantart.com/animalsplantsnature)! Check out our weekly articles for some cold-blooded fun throughout this sweltering month! Lizards and salamanders are (...) very different sorts of animals: salamanders are amphibians while lizards are reptiles. The skins of salamander lack scales and are moist or slimy to the touch. Their eggs are surrounded by clear jelly. Lizards on the other hand, have scales on their skin, and are dry to the touch. They lay eggs with leathery shells.1 While I feel drawn to photographs of beautiful salamanders due to their striking coloration, I must confess I have never seen one in real

"He felt that the darkness itself was alive and hated him; and it never changed, never slept, never spoke. All it had to do was to wait for him to go mad, to break down, to give up and surrender. Then he would have lost and the implacable darkness would have won." —Tales From Watership Down, Richard Adams