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Sunday, April 18, 2010

YET ANOTHER IN THE ONGOING "SEXY ANIMALS I REALLY WANT" SERIES: THE HELLBENDER




This segment really has to be seen to be believed, not just because of the exquisite salamander, but because of the inane presenter who - for some reason known only to himself - licks it and nearly throws up...

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Andrew D. Gable said...

Hellbenders... one of the animals we used to have around here (my dad told me about catching them while fishing) but that I've never seen. I've actually been toying with the idea that some of the sightings of alligators which occur in lakes and rivers might actually be of large hellbenders. Of course, I've not actually read any reports that turned out to be hellbenders, so this theory might be a waste of time, lol.

1:14 PM
Toirtis said...

OK, you have got me on that one. Cryptobranchus slime is an irritant, and I have never heard of any folklore that suggests that licking one has any benefit whatsoever.

4:23 PM

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