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Article: SALAMANDERS SHOW EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 23, 1987
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PRINCETON - Once a year, usually on a rainy spring night, armies
of salamanders begin their two-week mating period in the same ponds
they were hatched in.
All winter, the amphibians have been hiding out under cover
such as leaves, but at the first sign of spring, they are
galvanized by the urge to reproduce. They are known to cross
highways, railroad tracks and other obstacles to reach the ponds.
Now, salamander-watchers will be gratified to know that the
animal is doing its bit for mankind by testing the effects of acid
rain on nature's ecosystem.
At the site of two vernal ponds -- filled mainly with
precipitation that will eventually dry up -- in the Massachusetts
Audubon ...