#Japanese giant salamander

[hoard-of-plushes]

Pokemon Center Oblivious Quagsire plush hand puppet (2023)

#Absolutely love this beast #Pokemon #pokémon #Gen 2 #Generation 2 #Johto #Quagsire #Salamander #Japanese giant salamander #Plush #Toys #Mod's post

[hyydraworks]

Back from vacation! Real hard picking a favorite thing from Japan, but one of the faves for sure was seeing Japanese Giant Salamanders at the Kyoto Aquarium. Will be slowly getting back into them ceramic things.

#hyydraworks #japanese giant salamander #watercolor #watercolor painting #amphibian #salamander #traditional art #cute #illustration #also within 24 hours of returning home became mildly ill #so thats not helping #but whatre u gunna do

[ladymartinis]

#giant salamander #japanese giant salamander #deviantart stamp #mine

[spigu]

Axolotl

#traditional art #watercolor #colored ink #painting #artists on tumblr #axolotl #salamander #japanese giant salamander #underwater #my art #fantasy art

[rubynautilus]

Search For The Last of Japan's Giant Salamanders

I knew that giant salamanders in general were in trouble but sheesh. Imagine having the second largest amphibian in the world be so ignored that it might just go extinct in our lifetime. I was saddened when I learned that the giant chinese paddlefish had just been declared extinct, among other other things because I didn’t knew it existed until then. As James says in the video, we often fantasize about bringing back ancient species and finding lost worlds where prehistory never left. But some of these creatures are still alive today and we’re letting them die because most don’t care or even know about them. Let’s at least spread the word so that we can help and not forget these and all the othere species that are struggling in these trying times.

#youtube #japanese giant salamander #giant salamander #conservation #ecology #Japan #wildlife #amphibian

[hidansexwife]

giant salamanders are some of my favorite herps

#i drew these on the back of a peer review for communications lmfao #.png #japanese giant salamander #chinese giant salamander #cryptobranchidae #herpetology

[dougdimmadodo]

Japanese Giant Salamander (Andrias japonicus)

Family: Cryptobranchidae (Giant Salamander Family)

IUCN Conservation Status: Near Threatened

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Native to northern Kyushu and western Honshu in the Japanese archipelago, the Japanese Giant Salamander is one of the largest amphibians on earth - it grows to be over 1.5 meters (5 feet) long, and can weigh up to 25kg (55.12lbs.) It lives on the bottom of cold, fast-flowing mountain streams where it relies on camouflage to take its prey (primarily insects, worms, crustaceans and small fish), by surprise, using its wide mouth to suck prey towards it before swallowing them whole. Primarily nocturnal, it spends the day sleeping under rocks and emerges at night, slowly crawling along the streambed in search of food (although due to their extremely slow metabolism, adults of this species can go for weeks without eating.) Japanese Giant Salamanders breed in the early Autumn/Fall, with males seeking out abandoned burrows, small caverns or grooves in the streambed to use as nests and fiercely defending them from rival males - it has even been reported that larger males may swallow smaller rivals to gain access to a potential nest. Once a female finds a male with a suitable nest nest she will approach him and lay a clutch of 400-600 eggs, which he will fertilize externally and then guard until they hatch 12-15 weeks later. Although they lack gills, Japanese Giant Salamanders are capable of breathing underwater by carrying out respiration through their thin, wrinkly skin - they also have lungs, but it seems that these are non-functional, vestigial organs that can no longer carry out gas exchange.

Extra Fun Fact: The character of King Andrias, a giant newt from the Disney show Amphibia, is named after the genus Andrias, which (in addition to the Japanese Giant Salamander), contains the Chinese Giant Salamander (Andrias davidianus), which can grow to be up to 1.8 meters (5.9ft) long, and the extremely rare and possible extinct South China Giant Salamander (Andrias sligoi), which may exceed 1.83 meters (6ft) in length. Fittingly, King Andrias is shown to be much larger than any other newt in the show.

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Image Source: https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/26811-Andrias-japonicus

#japanese giant salamander #salamander #giant salamander #salamanders #amphibians #amphibia #herpetofauna #Herpetology #zoology #biology #animal #animals #wildlife

[bjekkergauken]

Yangtze spirits

#dragon #baiji #chinese paddlefish #sturgeon #chinese sturgeon #yangtze sturgeon #yangtze finless porpoise #porpoise #yangtze giant softshell turtle #turtle #chinese alligator #japanese eel #chinese giant salamander #wildlife #endangered #extinct #art #artblr

[stimseals]

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#stim #stimming #stimboard #visual stim #stim gif #stim gifs #sensory #stimblr #nature stimboard #nature stim #water stim #water stimboard #giant japanese salamander #salamander stim #salamander #salamander stimboard

[pkmnherpetology]

there are three known primary ways in which quagsire and clodsire care for their eggs. this care is usually done by large males known as "denmasters" without the females' involvement, and consists of tail-fanning, egg agitating, and hygienic filial cannibalism. bear with me for that last one.

tail-fanning is what i described earlier; wooper eggs need high levels of oxygen to develop and hatch properly, and denmasters use their keeled tails to fan the water surrounding their eggs to increase oxygen flow.

egg agitating describes a denmaster using his nose and face to move his eggs around. while the primary purpose for this is that wooper eggs also must be stirred to a certain extent to develop right, denmasters perform this behavior more often than necessary for that sole reason. thus, it's believed denmasters also do this to check for infertile, dead, or infected eggs, as well as probe for small nest predators. 'sire have poor eyesight, hence why they use their face for this task.

filial cannibalism, as you may have already guessed, is the consumption of eggs and/or offspring by the parent(s). it may seem contradictory to describe this behavior as parental care, but in 'sire, denmasters will consume dead/infertile eggs and eggs infected with aquatic fungi to prevent the spread of disease related to decomposition or infection. so, researchers dubbed this phenomenon "hygienic filial cannibalism".

parental care in the wooper line is still not fully understood. there may be other forms of care we don't know about yet, and we do not have a complete understanding of how long care lasts after the larval wooper hatch. however, this information is a good starting point, especially when combined with the fact that we know parental care continues to some degree after hatching.

#[this is cheating a little bit. i'm basically reciting a study about japanese giant salamanders with the serial numbers filed off.] #[hmu if you want to read the study i think i still have a link.] #pokémon #pkmn irl #wooper #quagsire #clodsire

[chernobog13]

Poster for Super Giant 4: Earth on the Verge of Destruction (October 8, 1957).

This is the second part of the battle between Super Giant (aka Starman) and the invading aliens, the Kaipa-Seijin (aka the Salamander Men of the Planet Kulimon).  There was a lot of action packed into this installment’s 39 minutes, including an evil space witch trying to eat a bunch of kids AND Super Giant’s battle with the super-powered ruler of the Kaipa-Seijin!

Both parts of this story were edited together (with roughly 9 minutes cut out) and released on American television as the Starman film Invaders From Space!

#Super Giant #Starman #Super Giant 4: Earth on the Verge of Destruction #Invaders From Space #Kaipa-Seijin #Salamander Men #Planet Kuliomon #space witch #tokusatsu #Japanese superheroes

[aorticarchnemesis]

Was Googling to learn more about giant salamanders and this thumbmail melted my heart

#Ramblings #Japanese giant salamanders #Specifically the giant Japanese salamander is probably my favourite amphibian period

[herpsandbirds]

Japanese Giant Salamanders (Andrias japonicus), family Cryptobranchidae,  found in SW Japan

One of the largest amphibians in the world, this huge salamander grows up to a length of 4.46 ft.

Photographs by https://indopacificimages.com/

#giant salamander #andrias #cryptobranchidae #salamander #amphibian #herpetology #asia #japan #animals #nature

[sofubis]

japanese giant salamander & axolotl (bandai)

#amphibians #salamanders #gashapon #id in alt

[mutant-distraction]

Japanese Giant Salamander - Andrias japonicus

Photo: Frederick S Boyce

[cidnangarlond]

some of these r people I made up some are based on actual mutuals or inspired by posts if not directly drawn from them but know I came up with these out of love. I love uuu my mutuals

mutual 1: made more art of the war criminal as a catboy in the style of Cabanel's The Fallen Angel. drawn in a fugue state in 2 hours

mutual 2: wrote a little poem as I waited at the bus stop *one of the most heart-wrenching poems you've ever read*

mutual 3: I NEED SLOPPY FROM THAT OLD MAN NOW‼️

mutual 4: I NEED SLOPPY FROM THAT OLD WOMAN NOW‼️

mutual 5: inventing a new kind of drug *photo of a joint made from columbo-themed rolling papers*

mutual 6: if this team scores against mine again I'm flying to their stadium to personally blow them all up

mutual 7: now see her sillay *photo of their cat everyone knows by name*

mutual 8: now see her sillay *photo of their car on fire*

mutual 6: which one of y'all reported me to the authorities I WAS JOKING

mutual 9: dnd session today if glumpus and glumpo don't resolve their sibling issues and put it behind them then the world is gonna end they are LITERALLY having this much beef and a character is already dead in the middle of this fight to save the world

mutual 10: I'm gonna have glumpo fuck old woman cheddar tonight

mutual 11: they were insane for this one *screenshot of them listening to the alphabet on youtube*

mutual 12: look at my son *oc everyone knows by name and loves*

mutual 13: hey guys staff terminated me again because they said my repeating replying to dumb as shit tumblr ads with the wikipedia article text for japanese giant salamanders was "harassment" reblog to help me find my followers again

mutual 14: hey guys my blog got nuked because I told a proshipper to kill themselves reblog to help me find my followers again

mutual 15: *callout post for mutual 14*

mutual 16: *20 reblogs in a row of art of dio brando with huge tits*

mutual 17: did a quick makeup test for the show! only took me half an hour this time ^_^ *photos of intricate professional-level work to make them look like a skeleton*

mutual 18: going to the arctic to find out if those men fucked on the doomed expedition wish me luck 👍🏻

mutual 19: hey guys we haven't heard from mutual 18 in a week I think they were serious

mutual 20: i think i hauve covid *photo of a sheet of white paper*

mutual 21: if I don't get to see this band in concert I'm making a pipe bomb (FOR LEGAL REASONS THIS IS /J)

mutual 22: got high with my manager on break and why's he kinda... like he's married (for now) butWIAT THE BUILDING IS ON FIRE

mutual 18: in the arctic just killed a seal. I've never felt more alive

mutual 23: just got to heavensward sooo excited to play this expac... heard it's crazy good

mutual 24: hey mutual 23 what do you think about haurchefant

mutual 23: he's my favorite. why

mutual 25: DYING POSTPONED I JUST HAD THE BEST SOUP EVER!!!!!!!!

mutual 26: LOOK AT MY WOL BOY *picture of their warrior of light with massive boobs*

you: awesome *reblogs it*

#addendum the war criminal mentioned he's fictional I'm not. mutuals w someone drawing art of real ones. before anyone says anything #because I know how people can be sometimes. anyway