Assertion: salamander | /r/CapableOf | spend their life
Facets:
value: near water
type: LOCATION
value: as waterborne larvae
type: MANNER
value: like all amphibians
type: OTHER
value: depending on the species
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Depending on the species, some salamanders spend their life in the water, other on the land, while the most species live part of their life in the water, and part on the land.
text: Life cycle: Like all amphibians, salamanders spend their lives near water because they must return to the water to lay their eggs.
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.