Assertion: salamander | /r/CapableOf | assume defensive posture
Facets:
value: in order to appear
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: When threatened—most commonly by birds, skunks and raccoons—these salamanders assume a defensive posture.
text: Salamanders also take up various defensive postures in order to appear larger and more threatening to would-be predators or to expose their boldly colored undersides that are lined with toxic skin glands.