Salamander

We occasionally see salamanders -they're pretty cute for slimy creatures ;) You have to agree their eyes are adorably beady:

This one didn't enjoy being held, he kept jumping out of my hands . . . and then getting very dirty:

Like he was very uncooperative as I was trying take some photos!

And by the fifth time he jumped out of my hands, he was pretty much lifeless - I think he might have crawled in a hole and died. It's sad and pretty cruel too. I guess I won't try and hold any more of those little suckers ;)