Chinese Giant Salamander

[eazypeazylq]

i know how to sort these out, just pull out your wand and say 'Aqua eruptooo!'

[sedohrj87]

looks like ma dick

[vfvaml1990]

@sedohrj87 might wanna get tht checked son 

[HsushiKing]

@vfvaml1990 Hahahaha

[Microglia1]

it looks like a tree

[zytigon]

There is a good chapter about salamanders in the excellent book, " The ancestor's Tale " by Richard Dawkins. He talks about how the salamanders of The Central Valley, California are a Ring species. There is hybridization all round the ring, except where the two ends of the line meet, in the far south of California. For more about Ring species try wikipedia

[SniperChachi]

Giant salamander

[gamesprior]

Hanzo must be summoned it

[AngelKittyAAG]

Cool!

[restoremysneakers]

Is this a pokemon?

[twistedted]

That is a Hanzaki (Japanese salamander) very rare!

[despairedboy]

@twistedted actually not really, Hanzaki is the Japanese subspecies, this is the Chinese variant,

essentially these are a bit larger, live in more temperate regions, and are much rarer

[MrRab460]

looks like a big fucker newt lol

[kutkinderen]

giant salamander=chinees food

[TheIrishGunman]

QUAGSIRE! lol Cool.

[M0A0R0k00W0Y0L0D0E]

this is like lost planet again

[tedde981016]

THAT IS A JAPANESE GIGANT NO A CHINESE !!!!!

[despairedboy]

@tedde981016 go google "chinese giant salamander"

I know the one you are talking about, but this is not the one

they are very closely related though

[StillFallsTheRain]

What a splendid animal. It's a crying shame that this, and so many others are critically endangered or entirely wiped out because...Well, we all know why.

[dltanner99]

Cryptozoology novel see video book trailer

[o0Guns0o]

Ew ugly but cute.

[rileytwist88]

that is fucking huge!!!

[asfaqqq]

FUCKING SALAMANDERS THEY'LL FUCK YOUR SHIT UP MOTHERFUCKER

[reedwind93]

@1endlessboy it's do sold as food in some Chinese city.some farmers feed them and sell them to restaurant. it is very expensive.

[lagrangewei]

you can hear someone say "that's not a fish!" in the background... lol...

[snow4aaron]

@lagrangewei Thanks for the translation, was it in Cantonese?

[Toesteh]

@snow4aaron he wasnt translating he was referring to 0:20

[MrPrincessVivi]

@snow4aaron Yes

[rockstarrocket]

yep, cracked! lolol

[sugreev2001]

Thumbs up if you came here from Cracked.com

[ThaSlant]

looks like its sad ):

[DarKyogrexRubi]

@zanifar and how u know that? =/

[zanifar]

@DarKyogrexRubi Uh... I was doing a report on them, and got some facts.

[MaxCovington791]

It kinda looks like Del Lago from Resident Evil 4.

[mooxim]

@MaxCovington791

yeah I reckon they modelled it on these.

[Angsc09]

This creature is Critically Endangered it need to protect by Law or else it were disappeared I hope our country of people can help this poor thing.

[mexmaf3]

@Angsc09 there gana eat it =P

[sdkkrew]

@Angsc09 hasnt american ruined enough in this world? maybe its time we step back

[landofthefreemyass]

@Angsc09

Laws generally do nothing to save habitat. Also as long as they are in high demand as food they will be rare. Commercial farms need to become more successful in producing them for food and set a percentage aside for reintroduction to the wild. This model has been used successfully in several countries with crocodilians.

[castostarlight]

Nom nom nom.

[craigosbournes]

It's big, but it's no prionosuchus or mastodonsaurus

[TakingChances149]

looks like something from the dino times

[Shavarnarak]

It's not quite THAT old, but they are known from the fossil record to have existed for about 20 million years much like that. So it is still pretty prehistoric.

Now the Permian though (pre-dinosaur age.) that had some HUGE amphibians, that would make this one look like a cute little guy. (And these can grow human-sized!)

[mackenzierichards250]

this thing is huge and scary