it’s just a mother of all rocks but if you use my superhuman strength I get
you use my superhuman strength I get
you use my superhuman strength I get this baby up there should be he’ll be
this baby up there should be he’ll be
this baby up there should be he’ll be there hang on
Jeff and I team up it’s taking all our
Jeff and I team up it’s taking all our strength to lift this rock but it pays
strength to lift this rock but it pays
strength to lift this rock but it pays off
we got one oh man this is my first
we got one oh man this is my first hellbender oh man that is incredible
hellbender oh man that is incredible
hellbender oh man that is incredible look how fleshy these things are look at
look how fleshy these things are look at
look how fleshy these things are look at all these folds of skin they use these
all these folds of skin they use these
all these folds of skin they use these folds of skin I mean to take in oxygen
folds of skin I mean to take in oxygen
folds of skin I mean to take in oxygen mm-hmm
mm-hmm
mm-hmm increased surface area and more I bet
increased surface area and more I bet
increased surface area and more I bet those things just flutter in the
those things just flutter in the
those things just flutter in the currents just sit there and they’ll just
currents just sit there and they’ll just
currents just sit there and they’ll just wave back and forth and they have lungs
wave back and forth and they have lungs
wave back and forth and they have lungs but they don’t really use their lungs
but they don’t really use their lungs
but they don’t really use their lungs for breathing
for breathing
for breathing not very often it’s just all through
not very often it’s just all through
not very often it’s just all through their skin or through the lining of
their skin or through the lining of
their skin or through the lining of their throat all through the skin
their throat all through the skin
their throat all through the skin especially down this line right here
especially down this line right here
especially down this line right here that’s the hellbender skirt and it’s all
that’s the hellbender skirt and it’s all
that’s the hellbender skirt and it’s all gooey flesh in the skin under these
gooey flesh in the skin under these
gooey flesh in the skin under these folds and along its body legs and in the
folds and along its body legs and in the
folds and along its body legs and in the lining of its mouth are thousands of
lining of its mouth are thousands of
lining of its mouth are thousands of capillaries that pull oxygen from the
capillaries that pull oxygen from the
capillaries that pull oxygen from the water this breathing network is so
water this breathing network is so
water this breathing network is so efficient that the hellbender never
efficient that the hellbender never
efficient that the hellbender never leaves the water it uses its lungs not
leaves the water it uses its lungs not
leaves the water it uses its lungs not to breathe but to stay buoyant
in fact hellbenders can live even if
in fact hellbenders can live even if their lungs are surgically removed they
their lungs are surgically removed they
their lungs are surgically removed they look ugly to you that is beautiful to me
look ugly to you that is beautiful to me
look ugly to you that is beautiful to me my first hellbender too curious why in
my first hellbender too curious why in
my first hellbender too curious why in the world the story is in the
the world the story is in the
the world the story is in the Appalachians when people first saw this
Appalachians when people first saw this
Appalachians when people first saw this animal they’re kind of swimming in the
animal they’re kind of swimming in the
animal they’re kind of swimming in the river like I’m their bodies are bent
river like I’m their bodies are bent
river like I’m their bodies are bent uh-huh and they look like they belong
uh-huh and they look like they belong
uh-huh and they look like they belong and the infernal regions of hell but I
and the infernal regions of hell but I
and the infernal regions of hell but I gotta admit I love that name hellbender
gotta admit I love that name hellbender
gotta admit I love that name hellbender I may name my next child held in the
I may name my next child held in the
I may name my next child held in the hellbender bar it’s got a nice sound to
hellbender bar it’s got a nice sound to
hellbender bar it’s got a nice sound to right
right
right Jeff’s brought his lab to the field he’s
Jeff’s brought his lab to the field he’s
Jeff’s brought his lab to the field he’s been tracking hellbenders for years and
been tracking hellbenders for years and
been tracking hellbenders for years and lately he’s finding them with open sores
lately he’s finding them with open sores
lately he’s finding them with open sores mutilated limbs and even missing bones
mutilated limbs and even missing bones
mutilated limbs and even missing bones what’s killing them is still a mystery
what’s killing them is still a mystery
what’s killing them is still a mystery but the culprit could be pollution like
but the culprit could be pollution like
but the culprit could be pollution like all amphibians salamanders are
all amphibians salamanders are
all amphibians salamanders are especially vulnerable to pollutants
especially vulnerable to pollutants
especially vulnerable to pollutants because they’re thin permeable skin
because they’re thin permeable skin
because they’re thin permeable skin absorbs toxins easily it makes it an
absorbs toxins easily it makes it an
absorbs toxins easily it makes it an early alarm system signaling that
early alarm system signaling that
early alarm system signaling that something’s wrong with the environment
luckily this one’s still healthy and can
luckily this one’s still healthy and can be returned to the river
mr. hellbender for some reason I’m a
mr. hellbender for some reason I’m a little reluctant to put the tongue on
little reluctant to put the tongue on
little reluctant to put the tongue on the hellbender but in the name of
the hellbender but in the name of
the hellbender but in the name of science I guess that’s something I need
science I guess that’s something I need
science I guess that’s something I need to do so oh that’s bad man oh man I’m
to do so oh that’s bad man oh man I’m
to do so oh that’s bad man oh man I’m not doing that again
not doing that again
not doing that again that is bad that’s some toxic stuff
that is bad that’s some toxic stuff
that is bad that’s some toxic stuff there whoo man I can’t even think of
there whoo man I can’t even think of
there whoo man I can’t even think of anything to relate it to that’s that may
anything to relate it to that’s that may
anything to relate it to that’s that may be the most foul taste I’ve ever
be the most foul taste I’ve ever
be the most foul taste I’ve ever experienced when it comes to noxious
experienced when it comes to noxious
experienced when it comes to noxious slime the hellbenders gotta be king
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