Assertion: salamander | /r/CapableOf | consume as larva
Facets:
value: into protein
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Because many salamanders spend part of their lives as waterborne larvae and then move onto land, they serve as a vital nutrient transport system from wetlands to surrounding terrain, converting the aquatic organisms they consume as larvae into protein — their own body tissue — and then dispersing that energy as prey for land-dwelling creatures higher on the food chain.