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blasphemusfish in wtf_nature

Giant Japanese Salamander news

Feb 04, 2010 07:48

There are several species of amphibians worldwide being threatened by Chytrid fungus.

"Chytrid fungi were long thought to be predominantly free-living saprophytes, with a few species capable of infecting only invertebrates and vascular plants. However, in 1999 a new species - Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (hereafter Bd) - was described infecting ( Read more... )

fungus, amphibian, salamander, giant salamander

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frightened February 4 2010, 07:53:37 UTC

Aw, he is SO HAPPY about cuddling his salamander.

blasphemusfish February 4 2010, 07:54:48 UTC

KAKAPO
I would be too omg

morbid_curious February 4 2010, 10:42:49 UTC

Speaking of which...
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http://twitter.com/Spokesbird

xgilgamesh February 4 2010, 20:11:31 UTC

it's kind of cute how they are personifying him in this video. and all the word play that the pm used. heh cuuuuuuuuute.

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angathol February 4 2010, 08:00:31 UTC

Reminds me of Quagsire:

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blasphemusfish February 4 2010, 08:02:17 UTC

<3 ilu

angathol February 4 2010, 08:03:10 UTC

Salamanders, especially giant ones, tend to creep me out. But if I think of it as a Quagsire, it's cuter.

And LOL @ icon. I love that video.

cyaneus February 4 2010, 08:26:18 UTC

I love that icon.

And also IRL quagsire.

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owlsie February 4 2010, 08:00:48 UTC

this is sad, because amphibians esp. frogs are one of my favorite animals.

"And those bacteria might be able to be transplanted to other species that can't fight off the fungus."

Is it right to mess with wild species like that though? What is evolution for if we go around fixing everything that runs into trouble.

blasphemusfish February 4 2010, 08:02:01 UTC

Eh we caused the problems in the first place.

owlsie February 4 2010, 08:08:38 UTC

A lot of problems were caused by people trying to 'fix' nature too 6__9 like the cane toads.
oh well.

blasphemusfish February 4 2010, 08:17:59 UTC

They weren't even trying to fix nature, just nature had taken advantage of crops etc (hey look an unnaturally huge pile of free food, let's reproduce fellow beetles/other pest species :D) and we couldn't have that.

I'd be all for a solution that is actually directed at fixing the problem, with the interests of wildlife in mind, rather than for human selfishness.

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kohda February 4 2010, 08:05:04 UTC

Poor froggies .-.

But that salamander is adorable. I want to hug it and put it on a leash and take it for a walk.

matanai February 4 2010, 08:10:07 UTC

Salamander: -______________- *WOOF. WOOF.*

owlsie February 4 2010, 08:26:25 UTC

haha i don't think it would walk very far.
personally i want to knit him hats and socks

kohda February 4 2010, 09:30:58 UTC

I don't walk very far either

That sounds so cute I may have to draw it!

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manffa February 4 2010, 08:15:00 UTC

He is so cute! I want to hug him!