> EARLY 1800S: SCIPPO CREEK, OHIO
> The first report of what may be a giant mudpuppy comes from Scippo Creek
in
> Ohio (a tributary of the Scioto River). In the early 1800s, settlers
there
> saw a number of animals, measuring between 6 and 7 feet in length, that
were
> pink in color. These pink, water-dwelling lizards had moose-like horns.
> Sometime around 1820, a drought struck the area, drying up numerous
streams
> and creating brush fires which destroyed the local ecology even further.
It
> is generally believed that the animals, whatever they were, were wiped out
> in these two disasters.
>
> http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/siren/552/noram_mudpuppy.html
>
>
> They have been seen in other places up to 1975, I think I'll go find one.
(I
> want one)
>
>
> Traci Mount
> Department of Forestry, Wildlife & Fisheries
> University of Tennessee, Knoxville
>
> tmount_at_utk.edu
> http://fishyfreek.tripod.com
>
>
>
> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 23:24:33 EST
> From: Moontanman_at_aol.com
> Subject: NANFA-- giant antlered salamaders
>
> Does anyone remember the story about the giant salamanders in Ohio that
were
> killed by a forest fire 150 years ago or so?
>
> Moon
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