Talk:Salamander Reconnaissance Tank
If we ever get more things called "salamander" and need to make a disambiguation page, here it is:
Salamanders are amphibians -- in fact, all amphibians that aren't frogs, toads, or Caecilians (i.e. they have four limbs and a tail) are salamanders.
They're pretty nifty creatures; they can re-grow lost limbs and drop their tail to escape predators. In mythology they are associated with the element of fire, possibly because they like to hide in dead logs and would escape as soon as the log was lit on fire. Back in the day, this was considered enough "evidence" to conclude that the salamander had, in fact, been born from the fire, and the myths grew from there. They grew to have a reputation for being able to walk through fire unharmed, or even put out fires if they wished. The mineral fabric asbestos was called "salamander wool" (despite the fact that salamanders are hairless) for its fireproof properties.
Salamanders (and things named after salamanders) related to /tg/ include:
- The Salamanders chapter of Space Marines (who have a big fire motif), who are themselves named after a creature native to their homeworld of Nocturne, which is rather like the mythical salamander (though they're much bigger and capable of breathing fire).
- The Salamander Reconnaissance Tank, a Chimera-based fast tank used by the Imperial Guard for scouts and commanders.
"Category:Disambiguation"
--Not LongPoster Again 18:10, 27 January 2013 (UTC)
