Meet one of our Japanese giant salamanders, Hiro, and Reptile Discovery Center keeper Kyle Miller in this virtual animal demo! . . . People think of amphibians as delicate, but Japanese giant salamanders are very tough and resilient. Japanese giant salamanders are the second-largest salamander species in the world. They can get up to 5 feet long and weigh 55 pounds. They can even lose limbs and recover just fine, even though their limbs won’t grow back. . . . In the wild, Japanese giant salamand
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Meet one of our Japanese giant salamanders, Hiro, and Reptile Discovery Center keeper Kyle Miller in this virtual animal demo! . . . People think of amphibians as delicate, but Japanese giant salamanders are very tough and resilient. Japanese giant salamanders are the second-largest salamander species in the world. They can get up to 5 feet long and weigh 55 pounds. They can even lose limbs and recover just fine, even though their limbs won’t grow back. . . . In the wild, Japanese giant salamand
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