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Meet the snot otter, the US’s ancient and unique salamander

Scuba diving scientists are scouring riverbeds for the elusive, endangered hellbender – also known as the snot otter, or lasagne lizard – to give them a fighting chance of survival. The dark, rushing, bracingly cold waters of North Carolina’s Watauga River don’t make life easy for the conservationists trying to locate rare and endangered Eastern […]