In my town we close a road at a specific park every year so that the salamanders can migrate. Every April you visit the park late at night to watch them.
Cool video(s) man. I only recently started herping again after getting back into the natural world. Videos like these are useful for knowing what to look for when I go out in my area
Thank you! Salamanders live out west too. If you want to find some, I'd look on iNaturalist to find parks in your area where people have found salamanders.
Depending on where that makes sense, they arent really much of a desert or prairie animal. I live on the coast though and get a lot of salamanders, though the diversity isnt as high as the east.
Love the editing style and high quality footage, you earned a subscriber! I'm a big herp enthusiast so its great seeing these little guys in vivid detail. Btw, the eggs at 6:22 are wood frog eggs! Mole salamanders tend to lay smaller amounts of eggs, the egg jelly is thicker, and they most often attach them to sticks underwater (versus a large floating clump). Edit: I'm pretty sure the eggs you filmed right after the wood frogs that have little developing tadpoles are mole salamanders (probably spotteds)
Neat video! Bit further north than you so I have to wait a little bit before the salamanders start coming out around here. Curious which salamanders you filmed where you found them and how many you moved before filming. Also curious what you're using for the aquatic footage. I'm starting to think about non-disastrous strategies to stick the end of my lens into pools for still photos. Looks like you were transferring critters from the pools into a small enclosure?
Some of the salamanders were filmed directly where they were found with a few moved a couple feet (like onto the log they were under) for better lighting. Yea, I have a mini tank that I use for some of the aquatic footage. Everyone was placed back carefully where they belong after I got a couple shots of them!
North America has the highest salamander diversity in the world, its not even close either. Africa and South America have very few species and Australia has none. Its really only Asia that can compete and its not in diversity but size, the largest salamanders are in Asia.
No, I didn’t find any tiger salamanders on this hike. The spotted salamanders and marbled salamanders are closely related to tiger salamanders though as they are all mole salamanders!
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In my town we close a road at a specific park every year so that the salamanders can migrate. Every April you visit the park late at night to watch them.
This is so cool!
Thats awesome that your town closes the road so they can safely migrate!
I wanted to watch you vide but your thumbnail scared me his presence is to powerful tell him he is causing a scene plz
This video is very calming, while the salamanders are hopelessly cute. Thank you very much for creating this!
11:30 Look at that little face! Excellent footage, subscribed :)
Excellent footage and editing!
Very interesting video Alabama is so diverse!!!
Alabama does have some incredible diversity. But, most of these salamanders can be found all across the Eastern United States!
The footage you got of the larval marbled having a snack was incredible! Nice work.
Thank you!
Cool video(s) man. I only recently started herping again after getting back into the natural world. Videos like these are useful for knowing what to look for when I go out in my area
Phenomenal video and great narration! I could watch stuff like this all day long
Lovely video I live out west and have never seen Salamanders. The music made me emotional
Thank you! Salamanders live out west too. If you want to find some, I'd look on iNaturalist to find parks in your area where people have found salamanders.
They’re under rocks & logs. Anywhere its moist.
Depending on where that makes sense, they arent really much of a desert or prairie animal. I live on the coast though and get a lot of salamanders, though the diversity isnt as high as the east.
This has to be one of the best nature videos I've seen on UA-cam. Amazing cinematography, brilliant scripting and excellent narration. More! More!
yeah this video slaps
underrated
This definitely felt like a professional grade video. Good work!
Love the editing style and high quality footage, you earned a subscriber! I'm a big herp enthusiast so its great seeing these little guys in vivid detail. Btw, the eggs at 6:22 are wood frog eggs! Mole salamanders tend to lay smaller amounts of eggs, the egg jelly is thicker, and they most often attach them to sticks underwater (versus a large floating clump).
Edit: I'm pretty sure the eggs you filmed right after the wood frogs that have little developing tadpoles are mole salamanders (probably spotteds)
Such a cosy video
Awesome video! The right combination of relaxing and informative
I love those salamander one of my favorite new friend here
Nice channel to stumble upon. Nice footage and format!
Awesome video and I love your personality.
Great vid! New sub here.
can confirm, lots of salamander eggs in shallow streams right now
Great video. What song did you use?
Thank you! All the music is credited in the video description 🎼
Fantastic video! Instantly subbed. :)
❤
Would you remove the music and just have nature sounds?
What equipment did you use to take the underwater shots? It looks incredible!
underrated af! loved this vid
Neat video! Bit further north than you so I have to wait a little bit before the salamanders start coming out around here. Curious which salamanders you filmed where you found them and how many you moved before filming. Also curious what you're using for the aquatic footage. I'm starting to think about non-disastrous strategies to stick the end of my lens into pools for still photos. Looks like you were transferring critters from the pools into a small enclosure?
Some of the salamanders were filmed directly where they were found with a few moved a couple feet (like onto the log they were under) for better lighting. Yea, I have a mini tank that I use for some of the aquatic footage. Everyone was placed back carefully where they belong after I got a couple shots of them!
I think i was a salamander in a past life
Really great video. Just curious, what camera and lens did you use?
I mainly use a Nikon Z6II with the 105mm macro lens. For the wider shots I use a DJI Pocket 2
North America has the highest salamander diversity in the world, its not even close either. Africa and South America have very few species and Australia has none. Its really only Asia that can compete and its not in diversity but size, the largest salamanders are in Asia.
I read a few papers, no one seems to have a good explanation. Its appalchians and south mexican highlands. This weird, i agree
Are these tigar salmanders?
No, I didn’t find any tiger salamanders on this hike. The spotted salamanders and marbled salamanders are closely related to tiger salamanders though as they are all mole salamanders!
they dont sell them anymore so I've been hunting in ohio and I guess I am just not good at it. lol :/