The chinese giant salamander looks like a normal kind of it’sspecies, until you find out how big it is. 

The chinese giant salamander lives in China. But it has relativesthat live in the US and japan. It’s habitat is streams and lakes, usually underrocks or in muddy  shallowareas. This is the place where they can easily get their food. They eat fish,aquatic insects, crayfish, snakes, crabs, worms, shrimp, and sometimes evenother amphibians. 

Adult chinese giant salamanders don’t have many natural predatorsbut habitat loss is one reason they are endangered. Young salamanders may beeaten by larger salamanders. Females can lay 500 eggs at once and will hatch50-60 days after being fertilized. This species is nocturnal but will be awakeat day during mating season. This species has a lifespan of maybe 50 years, butscientists aren’t exactly sure. 

The reason the animals have this name is because of its size. Theycan get up to 1.8 meters, the tail is what makes up most of its size. Thesalamander can weight around 30 kilograms. 

Are you surprised there is a creature like this? 

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