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Life in the fast lane ENDANGERED
I like to live in fast-flowing rivers
in forests. During the day, I hide sMaloalmluasncds efor’rsmdiaetp.art of the giant
in dark rock crevices and at night,
I come to the surface. Although The giant salamander is also
I have lungs, they aren’t very considered a speciality in China!
strong so I breathe mainly
through my skin. Did you ENCDRIATNIGCEALLY RED
know?
Threatened existence CR
The Chinese eat me as a delicacy Chinese giant
and use my body to make salamanders have been EN
traditional medicines. As if that known to grow up to VU
were not enough, my home is being
destroyed by human construction. 1.8 metres in length,
The water in which I live is also and can weigh up to
being polluted, which makes it sixty-five kilograms!
difficult for me to breathe in it.
TsmahleeadmCichaiinnndeeestroe tucousmeretahdkeieagbaieatnets.
You need to save me!
I am on the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species List as
well as the International Union for
Conservation of Nature Red List,
which helps me internationally, but
back home in China, I am still not
safe. Some scientists suggest that I be
made a flagship conservation species
like the tiger, so that the Chinese can be
proud of me and stop killing me. I think
that’s a great idea.
I like to live in fast-flowing rivers
in forests. During the day, I hide sMaloalmluasncds efor’rsmdiaetp.art of the giant
in dark rock crevices and at night,
I come to the surface. Although The giant salamander is also
I have lungs, they aren’t very considered a speciality in China!
strong so I breathe mainly
through my skin. Did you ENCDRIATNIGCEALLY RED
know?
Threatened existence CR
The Chinese eat me as a delicacy Chinese giant
and use my body to make salamanders have been EN
traditional medicines. As if that known to grow up to VU
were not enough, my home is being
destroyed by human construction. 1.8 metres in length,
The water in which I live is also and can weigh up to
being polluted, which makes it sixty-five kilograms!
difficult for me to breathe in it.
TsmahleeadmCichaiinnndeeestroe tucousmeretahdkeieagbaieatnets.
You need to save me!
I am on the Convention on International
Trade in Endangered Species List as
well as the International Union for
Conservation of Nature Red List,
which helps me internationally, but
back home in China, I am still not
safe. Some scientists suggest that I be
made a flagship conservation species
like the tiger, so that the Chinese can be
proud of me and stop killing me. I think
that’s a great idea.
