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hellbender

An Amphibian Only a Mother (or Biologist) Could Love Needs your Attention

February 26, 2015 Nat Gillespie, Fisheries Program, U.S. Forest Service

Hiding beneath a pile of rocks in a clear mountain stream flowing from the Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina lurks North America’s largest salamander, the Eastern hellbender. It is also locked in battle between its perilous decline and valiant struggle for survival. Sediment from runoff...

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