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 neutritonal value of a salamanders diet
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cjcoope
Pondweed

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Posted - 29/12/2010 :  14:50:37  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
hi i need a bit of help with some college work and wondered if anyone could help. i have to find out what a salamaders diet consists and where they get fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, water and fibre from if possible as percentages. thanks you.

Kazerella
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Posted - 12/01/2011 :  10:53:38  Show Profile  Visit Kazerella's Homepage  Reply with Quote
I can't tell you the nutritional breakdwon, but Salamanders eat a whole variety of insects - earthworms, spiders, crickets - anything really.


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punkman
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Posted - 12/01/2011 :  16:55:12  Show Profile  Visit punkman's Homepage  Reply with Quote
cant help you with nutritional breakdown of a wild salamanders food items, but theres a chart here of food items used for feeding captive salamanders and newts
http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/foods2.shtml

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