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How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby Scott Parvin » Feb 4, 2008 11:17 am

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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby CaverScott » Feb 4, 2008 11:30 am

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No, I think I will pass.
:yikes: That is one big sally! :kewl:
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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby ArCaver » Feb 4, 2008 11:33 am

Holy crap! :shock: Looks like something out of a "B" grade movie!
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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby InTucky » Feb 4, 2008 12:03 pm

wow!!!! Have any of you ever seen the hellbender that can be found in North Carolina, and W.V I think it can reach about 3'
I don't know how long it is
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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby SpeleoRover » Feb 26, 2008 11:03 pm

InTucky wrote:wow!!!! Have any of you ever seen the hellbender that can be found in North Carolina, and W.V I think it can reach about 3'


N. Arkansas and S. Missouri has 'em too. And they like fingers. :yikes:

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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby Ralph E. Powers » Feb 26, 2008 11:50 pm

Think about this... this is a specimen that they caught... if they can get THAT big... they can probably grow bigger. Heh... thank god we don't have anything like that in TAG!
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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby graveleye » Feb 27, 2008 10:51 am

I saw some show where these guys were catching hellbenders but I can't for the life of me remember why. Do they eat them?
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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby Teresa » Feb 27, 2008 12:18 pm

graveleye wrote:I saw some show where these guys were catching hellbenders but I can't for the life of me remember why. Do they eat them?


Ozark hellbenders are under threat in the wild. There, baby hellbenders are very scarce, and no one knows why. (Hellies can get up to about 1 foot, but nothing like the Chinese guy above). Back in the 70's, MDC did a study where they cold-marked hellies (already in decline) and though they still find a lot of these old guys, very few little guys. The St. Louis Zoo has a pretty well-known hellbender breeding program, still in its early stages, to try to save them, but they don't like breeding in captivity, either.

Baby hellies at one time were used as fish bait, but it's now not legal to do so. I've never heard of them being eaten directly, though I suspect one or two have been.

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Re: How'd you like to run into this in a cave....

Postby Sara » Apr 9, 2008 1:12 am

WOW!!!! :shocked: I really dont think i could add too much more to that... I mean i have seen some big lizards in my day but i didnt think those things were supposed to get any bigger then say the size of a bearded dragon... or am i mistaken?? WOW
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