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.
Mudpuppies are actually salamanders, large, permanently aquatic salamanders. Unlike their amphibian cousins, mudpuppies never form air-breathing lungs. They rely on the bushy red gills behind their heads to breathe under water, like fish. They are usually brownish to grayish with dark spots and a yellowish belly.