Miracle from Asia: 7 interesting facts about the Japanese giant salamander
Categories: Animals | Asia | World
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/miracle-from-asia-7-interesting-facts-about-the-japanese-giant-salamander.htmlDo you like curiosities? So, you will definitely like this giant amphibian from the Land of the Rising Sun! This is a very strange animal…
The Japanese giant salamander is one of the largest salamanders in the world, capable of reaching 160 cm in length and weighing up to 35 kg. These animals live only on the Japanese islands, and were first described and catalogued in 1820.
The Japanese giant salamander leads a twilight and nocturnal lifestyle, lives only in water - these are cold mountain rivers and streams. He prefers to sleep during the day.
The Japanese giant salamander is almost identical to another species — the Chinese giant salamander (living in the central part of Eastern China): these creatures can freely interbreed and almost do not differ in their external structure. Some experts refer them to subspecies of the same species.
The salamander feeds on frogs, fish, crustaceans and insects. However, if she can't find a meal, the salamander can go without food for weeks due to a slow metabolism.
Japanese salamanders (like Chinese ones) have the ability to regenerate.
The good news is that the venom of the Japanese giant salamander does not pose a serious danger to humans.
The meat of the Japanese giant salamander is suitable for food and is even considered a delicacy. For this reason, the conservation status of this animal is in a state close to threatened.
Keywords: Animals | Asia | Japan | World | Naturalist | Interesting
Post News ArticleRecent articles
Any point on the map of Great Britain is no further than 75 miles from the coastline. Not surprisingly, the United Kingdom has ...
Tattoo artist from Poland Joanna Świrska, better known online as Dzo Lamka, is known for her tattoo workshops that would surely ...
Related articles
Japanese horror movies have a great influence on the horror produced around the world – just look on the American remakes. Anyone ...
China's population was approaching one billion people when the government introduced the "one family, one child" policy. This was ...
Learn unusual and interesting facts about our planet and the creatures that inhabit it! -- >Ants, when dying, emit special ...
The image of a real Russian man many centuries is associated with a thick beard. This image is not to eradicate any European ...