
David O. answered 06/22/13
Years of Experience in Many Areas
As bit of trivia, the reason the salamander is associated with fire, according to a history professor, is that when a wet log was thrown on a fire, salamanders would flee from crevices in the log. Further, the slime on their bodies would react to the fire by forming a foam. So many medieval people thought that salamanders were born in fire and started their lives with a fur coat.