The Search for the Hellbender Part 2

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Uploaded by on Oct 17, 2009

Get an up-close look at the Hellbender, one of the largest salamanders in the world! See cool underwater footage plus learn about their really amazing adaptations.

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  • I'm confused. They have no functional lungs, yet they have nostrals and a great sence of smell. Can someone explain this is more detail for me please?

  • @ThePaleHorseman5 Good question! The nostrils are used for smelling, but not for breathing. Its really interesting because this means hellbenders show a step on the evolutionary ladder between breathing through the skin and through the nose/lungs.

  • What state is this stream in? I have wanted to see a hellbender since I was a child (a long, long time)!

  • @Lgetulus56 PA. Good luck!

  • Is that man with your Dad your husband?

    If so u have a sexy husband :)

  • @landth78 yes, I am lucky :)

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  • This is really detailed!! Very interesting way to give the facts! Great job! I learned a lot!!

  • The one I caught about 30 to 35 years ago was 20 inches long but I'll bet it weighed 12 pounds which is different then what was said in this video, I caught quite a few in little mahoning creek in indiana county Pa when I was a kid we always let them go without hurting them (they were so cool).

  • They used to be called "Mudpuppies" in our area.

  • Ummm... can he breathe while being held out of the water?.. Anyway.. my dad used to catch these as a kid in central Ohio in the 1930s.. As a kid in central Ohio in the 1970s I could never find one.  Habitat loss and pollution.

  • What a great video. However, why were there so many birds singing on September 21st? It would be pretty quiet on that date here in Idaho.

    Thanks

  • it is so cute :D <3

    I WANT ONE! :/

  • @MR911paintballa Good luck!

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