Coconut oil is available in both refined and unrefined varieties, both with their advantages and disadvantages. Used in the tropics for thousands of years, coconut oil is starting to get the positive attention it deserves.
The mudpuppy is the largest member of the genus Necturus which also includes waterdogs. All mudpuppies and waterdogshave bushy external gills, two gill slits, a laterally compressed tail, and four toes on front and hind feet.
The smooth skin of the adult common mudpuppy can differ in colouration between red, black and grey-brown , with variable scattered blue-black spots across its back , or occasionally faint stripes . The underside of the body is greyish and may also have dark spots . Two dark lines run from the snout to the gills .