Field guide No. 1247

An orange salamander with dark spots clings to the underside of the water surface in a clear pool above a gravel and leaf bed. The sky is visible through it, which suits it.

Upside down salamander beneath the puddle

Standing on the surface, from below.

An orange salamander with dark spots clings to the underside of the water surface in a clear pool above a gravel and leaf bed. The sky is visible through it, which suits it.

Field noteAn orange salamander clings under the water surface. Surface tension is strong, not that strong; the story holds up.

Specimen
No. 1247
Kind
Possible (the golden mountain kind)
Breaks
Physics
Where it doesn’t exist
Clear pools, where amphibians stand on the bottom
Nearest existing relative
a newt in a clear pond.
Filed in Fresh slop as
Surreal

Also possible, also breaking physics