Why do puppies whistle and salamanders flick their tongues?

I don't know, but I love that they do.

I've never blogged before, but I've been accumulating pictures and articles I love and why not compile them and present them to the world?

In the meantime, I can muse (or rant) about the writing life. And while I start churning, please enjoy the whistling puppy and the rather enormous salamander below. (NB: he might not technically be a salamander, but then, neither is the Protest BP tattoo of a salamander I got on my arm this past summer in Montreal. We work with what we've got here. Please feel free to send me pics of real salamanders flicking their real tongues!)