Re: NANFA-- Sally Manders :-)))

BILL HOPPE (zzzzzzbill_at_yahoo.com)
Fri, 3 Jan 2003 16:39:27 -0800 (PST)

Nice report sorin . Did they just hatch ?

--- pinocchio <antilupa_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> No, no, Gentlemen, the sally-manders exist!
> I've seen them with my own eyes!!!! They are
> HUUUGE!!
> Look here:
> http://www.buzau.com/triton/sallymdr.htm
>
> For a full story go to:
> http://www.buzau.com/triton/hellbend.htm
>
> Ciao
> sorin damian
>
>
> --- "Crail, Todd" <tcrail_at_northshores.com>
> whispered:
> > "SOUS? Salamanders of Unusual Size? I don't
> think
> > they exist.
> > AHGHHGHHGHHG!" :)
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Traci Mount
> > Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 3:58 PM
> > To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> > Subject: NANFA-- Sally Manders :)
> >
> >
> > 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)
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=====
Bill Hoppe
Yellville Arkansas
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