philosophical question is whether you're helping inferior genes (those that
are involved in choosing that rut) persist in the local population of wood
frogs and salamanders. By-and-large, I've always taken the approach of
letting nature do its thing, and if individuals make bad decisions, then
they lose. Though I've certainly be guilty of "rescuing" an egg mass or two
over the years.
Matt Burne
On Sun, Mar 6, 2011 at 10:30 PM, uncledj66@ymail.com <dforbes@antioch.edu>wrote:
>
>
> For a few years my sons & I have found wood frog & salamander eggs in deep
> water-filled ruts in a nearby dirt road. Often egg masses are splashed
> completely out of the ruts onto the ground. We have rescued some of these
> eggs before, hatched them, and released the larvae into an old farm pool
> near our house. It seems like an ideal spot, an there are even a few local
> spotted salamanders that breed in the pool every spring. However, it is also
> inhabited by a healthy population of green frogs. I have only seen a few
> 'native' salamander larvae in the pool, and I wonder if by introducing more
> I am only feeding the greens.
> Anyone have any suggestions?
> ~Doug
>
>
>
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