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Small Creatures, Big Impact: Adopt a Salamander For Just $5 Today

In The Dawes Arboretum’s Cypress Swamp, a rare amphibian emerges only once a year: the famous Great Mole Salamanders! Read more on our blog. 

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Two black and yellow salamanders are laying on top of a hand with the Cypress Swamp (water) in the background on a wooden baordwalk. This person has a tattoo sleeve that's covered up by a shirt with their colorful wrist showing. They're wearing a silver watch.

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