Heres the part Im trying to tell. During those moments submerged in the sea with the school of fish, an oceanic sense of peacefulness rippled through me, and yet at the same time I curiously experienced a primeval rush of exhilaration.
They creep up on prey until they are in striking distance and then lunge forward, shooting their tongue out to catch it. These salamanders eat a wide variety of prey, including spiders, worms, dragonflies, slugs, centipedes, insect eggs, frog eggs and other small invertebrates. Salamanders that live in the water have gills like a fish and are quick, agile swimmers. A few of them have special bones that allow them to shoot out their tongues like cannons, but most aquatic species hunt by out-swimming their targets and catching them in their wide mouths.
Tiger Salamander Diet. Tiger Salamander juveniles will take aquatic invertebrates such as daphnia and brine shrimp, insects, small fish, and worms.