Japanese salamanders can live up to 80 years 😳

The aptly named Japanese giant salamander can grow up to five feet long and weigh over 50 pounds. But despite its primitive look, this amphibian is highly evolved. When it detects a threat, it excretes a pungent ooze that smells like a pepper. If left alone, the salamanders can live up to 80 years, but pollution and over-collection are threatening this fascinating creature. This is the Japanese giant salamander.
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[@maxinefinnfoxen]

"It's entirely aquatic and obsorbs oxygen in water through the skin"
*meanwhile, in a dry tub, slowly suffocating*

[@imgonnagetyelledat]

I was thinking on that too lol

[@alpgiraydag2429]

common misconception is, they are not supposed to be submerged, but their skins must be moist. Only animals with gills need to be submerged to get oxygen

[@ann3923]

What a cute fella. We should give him clean water and then leave him alone.

[@asmashaikh8631]

Stranger things needs to hire this creature

[@ax0l0tl57]

Aww poor salamander, it is worth noting that axolotls are even more at danger at going extinct in the wild though, despite their prevalence in the pet population.

[@famousashtray]

Quagsire

[@edd2184]

Leave Hanzo alone 😢

[@cIoudbank]

Thats literally me

[@slippypippy]

Their cute little toes ❤

[@Tan92lfc]

Swampert in Pokemon Gen 3

[@Windgoddess540]

I wish I could be left alone and live for 80 years. That’s an introvert’s fantasy.

[@markymark8658]

Its a mini gulper

[@calebdostuff]

So that's what that thing in fallout was based off of

[@user-zs4gn2gn6p]

That is one big sourdough

[@FellowComrades]

The pollution is just the *nuclear waste treatment water* in the streams and rivers.

[@AIIIAKS-vn4co]

better than Chinese or Indian rivers

[@mattiasmclaughlin6856]

Looks like something out of stranger things

[@ajong_network]

I don't feel okay

[@aj74205]

Captain Janeway, is that you?

[@sbiecoproductions6062]

So this video is basically torturing the poor guy

[@smgp2023]

i cannot see its eyes! btw what's their diet? its so weird to think that im only 4yrs older from this fellow. i wanna stay unbothered like him 😊

[@shibilie]

Is it japanese cousine

[@cubirk]

Does it taste good?

[@santanam5718]

Eww