Re: NANFA-- Sally Manders :)

unclescott (unclescott_at_prodigy.net)
Fri, 3 Jan 2003 17:28:08 -0600

Some scholars have noted that there were great floods in that area about
five years before Traci's reference. (El Nino?) Whole forests were
inundated.

That of course would account for the first recorded use of "Antlers in the
Treetop".

As sincere as ever,

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Traci Mount" <tmount_at_utk.edu>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 2:58 PM
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)
>
>
> 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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