19.11.2024 18:50
In Muş, a citizen found a spotted salamander, which is a protected species, coming out of the tap in their house instead of water. To keep the endangered creature safe throughout the night, the citizen placed it in a jar and fed it with worms collected from their garden.
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A citizen in Muş was shocked to find a spotted salamander instead of water coming from his home's faucet.
HE WAS SHOCKED TO SEE WHAT CAME OUT OF THE FAUCET Sadettin Sürme, a resident of Elmabulak village in Hasköy district, was shocked when he saw what came out of his faucet. When he turned on the faucet to wash his hands, he noticed a yellow-spotted salamander alongside the water.
HE FED THE ANIMAL WITH WORMS Surprised by this animal he had never seen before, Sürme carefully moved the salamander to another place to ensure it wouldn't be harmed. To keep this endangered creature safe overnight, Sürme placed it in a jar and fed it with worms he collected from his garden.
"THANKFULLY, IT CAME OUT ALIVE" Sadettin Sürme, who handed over the endangered salamander to the Muş Nature Conservation and National Parks Branch Directorate for release into its natural habitat, said, "Our water is cut off every two or three days, so we opened the spring water coming from the mountain. When I turned on the faucet, I saw this creature coming out with the water. We researched and learned that it is endangered. We immediately looked up its feeding habits online, then I brought worms from my garden to feed it. I have been trying to keep it alive so far. I thought we should hand it over to the nature conservation teams. It is endangered, and I didn't want anything to happen to it. To prevent it from dying overnight, we filled a jar with a little water and put some worms in it, but it didn't eat the worms. I think it had been stuck in the faucet for a few days; thankfully, it came out alive from the faucet," he said.
Yusuf Sürme, who noted that a salamander came out instead of water from the faucet, said, "Our water was cut off. We thought there was a sound of air coming from the bathroom faucet or it could be a stone, so we checked and found a small creature inside. At first, we couldn't understand what it was; it looked like a lizard. Later, my father and I held it by the tail and pulled it out," he said.
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