1. Chinese Giant Salamander Matt Pieretti

2. Diet Chinese giant salamanders eat lots of fish, snails and worms. This is one of its prey.

3. appearance eyesight Giant salamanders are almost blind because their eyes are on opposite sides and they are very small. sounds A long time ago people thought that giant salamanders could cry loudly, maybe because they look like a different salamander that does. Now we know that it isn’t true.

4. Care and conservation Chinese giant salamanders are often killed and eaten by humans so they are endangered. They are carnivores or meat eating animals.

5. Life cycle A Chinese giant salamander can live to be up to 55 years old.

6. Life cycles breeding Chinese giant salamanders only breed in August and September. eggs Males guard the eggs from predators.

7. habitat Chinese giant salamanders live in water filled caves.

8. appearance Chinese giant salamanders don’t have eyelids. The giant salamanders body is slippery, the coating of slime protects them.

9. Interesting facts Chinese giant salamanders don’t speak, talk or vocalize. Chinese giant salamanders weigh up to 140 pounds.

10. Appearance Chinese giant salamanders are always in water. Chinese giant salamanders can be 5 to 20 feet long.

11. conservation Chinese giant salamanders are being killed by pollution and dams.

12. Life cycle Chinese giant salamanders are born under water. A female Chinese giant salamander at max lays 500 eggs.

13. extras Chinese giant salamanders skin is brown or gray, in very few cases it can be pink or yellow. The Chinese giant salamanders skin is wrinkly.

14. others Chinese giant salamanders look a lot like Japanese giant salamanders. Chinese giant salamanders live at mountain streams.

15. SOURCES www.arkive.org/ Squire, Chinese giant salamander the world’s biggest amphibian, 2007. http://www.earthsendangered.com/ http://www.thinkquest.org/ Encyclopedia of animals; 2006