in Okayama Japan locals celebrate a
legendary and phibian the Japanese giant
salamander once faced extinction due to
hunting and habitat destruction now it’s
making a comeback most species of
salamanders and their close relatives
the news average just a few inches in
leaf like this palm sized fire belly
the Japanese giant salamanders can grow
up to 5 feet in length and weigh 36
kilograms that’s 80 pounds known in
Japanese as the Osan Scholl or pepper
fish the salamander is entirely aquatic
and nocturnal look at that
during the day the shy creatures burrow
into the riverbanks too high it’s a
relic of a species this animal has
hardly changed for the past 20 million
years judging by its ancient appearance
that’s not hard to believe
authorities have outlawed hunting the
creature but its habitat is still at
risk
[Music]
the hustle and bustle of modern Japan is
hardly ideal for a giant amphibian more
than 125 million people live in this
nation of small islands and land is at
an absolute premium but the real threat
to the salamander is here dams created
to control flooding Kyoto gets an
average of 64 inches of rain a year much
of it during the monsoon season the
network of dams and flood gates prevent
the city from getting water line but
they are a barrier to the life cycle of
the giant salamanders herpetologist dr.
Akira Mori is working on a solution
so imagine day chavalla to yamoa know
Kasane cozy Tokido Sonoco Cicinho
Domenico musubi salute Akari vato
damn it screw em to expect a and all
stotra sonsaku de Barcelona crustacean
electrons
in this rare night footage giant
salamander struggles back upstream after
becoming trapped in a dam spillway when
the banks of rivers are covered in
concrete for flood control the
salamanders habitat is destroyed so
emotional son Lance a new bachelor
snakes colony and also you even open a
urinal
Stano schema – knock-knock – Antonio
salmon dick in a compact the problem
Akira Mori and his colleagues at Kyoto
University have devised a complex system
of ramps and staircases to modify the
dams they allow the giant salamanders to
maneuver upriver beyond the dam and back
to the mountain streets where they can
lay their eggs and continue their
species
zoos worldwide have had some success
breeding the Japanese giant salamander
in captivity the Japan hopes that by
creating a shortcut around the dams
it will allow these giants to flourish
in their natural habitat as well
sponsored by National Geographic mission
programs taking science and exploration
into the new millennium
legendary and phibian the Japanese giant
salamander once faced extinction due to
hunting and habitat destruction now it’s
making a comeback most species of
salamanders and their close relatives
the news average just a few inches in
leaf like this palm sized fire belly
the Japanese giant salamanders can grow
up to 5 feet in length and weigh 36
kilograms that’s 80 pounds known in
Japanese as the Osan Scholl or pepper
fish the salamander is entirely aquatic
and nocturnal look at that
during the day the shy creatures burrow
into the riverbanks too high it’s a
relic of a species this animal has
hardly changed for the past 20 million
years judging by its ancient appearance
that’s not hard to believe
authorities have outlawed hunting the
creature but its habitat is still at
risk
[Music]
the hustle and bustle of modern Japan is
hardly ideal for a giant amphibian more
than 125 million people live in this
nation of small islands and land is at
an absolute premium but the real threat
to the salamander is here dams created
to control flooding Kyoto gets an
average of 64 inches of rain a year much
of it during the monsoon season the
network of dams and flood gates prevent
the city from getting water line but
they are a barrier to the life cycle of
the giant salamanders herpetologist dr.
Akira Mori is working on a solution
so imagine day chavalla to yamoa know
Kasane cozy Tokido Sonoco Cicinho
Domenico musubi salute Akari vato
damn it screw em to expect a and all
stotra sonsaku de Barcelona crustacean
electrons
in this rare night footage giant
salamander struggles back upstream after
becoming trapped in a dam spillway when
the banks of rivers are covered in
concrete for flood control the
salamanders habitat is destroyed so
emotional son Lance a new bachelor
snakes colony and also you even open a
urinal
Stano schema – knock-knock – Antonio
salmon dick in a compact the problem
Akira Mori and his colleagues at Kyoto
University have devised a complex system
of ramps and staircases to modify the
dams they allow the giant salamanders to
maneuver upriver beyond the dam and back
to the mountain streets where they can
lay their eggs and continue their
species
zoos worldwide have had some success
breeding the Japanese giant salamander
in captivity the Japan hopes that by
creating a shortcut around the dams
it will allow these giants to flourish
in their natural habitat as well
sponsored by National Geographic mission
programs taking science and exploration
into the new millennium
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