Epic fail from the cutest and hungriest salamander ever!
Watch this salamander attempt and fail (twice!) to catch its food.
Videos
Videos from the Meta-Morphosis Project team, including high-speed videos of salamanders eating above and below water.
Axolotls at different stages of ontogeny before and after Deeplabcut
Axolotls at different stages of ontogeny, including suction feeding underwater, before and after applying Deeplabcut for automated feature tracking.
Chasing dragons in a laboratory cave
Do you like caving ? In early September, Anthony Herrel and I went to Moulis (Ariège, France) to visit the CNRS laboratory cave part of the SETE, hosted by our collaborator Olivier Guillaume, without whom this would not have been…
Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper) feeding
A Pyrenean newt (Calotriton asper) feeding feeding above water.
Olm (Proteus anguinus) suction feeding
An olm (Proteus anguinus) suction feeding underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Larval frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) suction feeding
A larval frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) suction feeding underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Adult axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) suction feeding
An adult axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) suction feeding underwater, recorded using high-speed video.
Adult northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) feeding
An adult northern slimy salamander (Plethodon glutinosus) feeding above water, recorded using high-speed video.
Adult tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) eating a cricket
An adult tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) eating a cricket above water, recorded using high-speed video.
A lesser siren (Siren intermedia) feeding
An adult lesser siren (Siren intermedia) eating a worm underwater, recorded using high-speed video.