Nature Cat Season 1 Episode 37 Return to Mighty Mountain/Welcome to the Vernal Pond >Nature Cat and the rest come across a Salamander, learning she intents to lay eggs in a pond in the forest. Nature Cat is skeptical of the existence of this pond, and so is led by the Salamander to it. They learn that the pond seasonally appears in Spring, and the cycle of vernal creatures over a number of months.