#hellbender salamander

[lizardposting]

Can you guys be fucking NICE to him???

(photo by  kevin stohlgren)

[militantcoining]

hiiii :) could you do a flag for “weird” natives? just feeling creepy, alienated, etc etc! I hope this makes sense, please and thank you so much!

Hellbender Salamander - A term for Natives who're weird, creepy, unusual and overall can be defined as odd in some capacity.

Second guessed using the hellbender as rep for this term because we think it's cute, then remembered most people are pretty repulsed by most animals that aren't mammalian.

Tagging - @radiomogai , @gigachapel , @averylonelycea , @marrow-coining

[troythecatfish]

Definitely 2nd Favorite North American Amphibian, the 1st being the Axolotl. ☺️😊😄

[honeyywoods]

hey

*GRABS YOU*

[the-goblin-market]

Today's only deal at the goblin market give us your gender for a hellbender,

Leave them in the great ornate jar and come receive your salamanders people!

[rjzimmerman]

Captina Conservancy reports the death of Marvin, a beloved hellbender salamander, on June 12. At more than 45 years old, Marvin was one of t

Marvin, one of the oldest living hellbender salamanders on record, died earlier this month at more than 45 years old, according to Captina Conservancy.

Excerpt from this story from The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register:

Captina Conservancy reports the death of Marvin, a beloved hellbender salamander, on June 12. At more than 45 years old, Marvin was one of the oldest living salamanders on record. She served as an educational ambassador animal during her four years with Captina Conservancy, a local non-profit land trust.

Marvin was born sometime before 1980 in Salt Creek, Chillicothe, Ohio, and was collected in 1985 by herpetologists Ralph and Joan Pfingsten. The Pfingstens cared for Marvin under a special permit in their home in the Cleveland area until 2021.

Marvin was an eastern hellbender salamander, an endangered species that lives underwater in clean, fast-moving creeks and streams. She moved to Barnesville to highlight Captina Creek, home of a thriving population of hellbender salamanders.

Marvin loved to snack on crayfish and minnows. Her hobbies included hanging out under rocks and laying on top of underwater bubblers.

Students from Barnesville Middle School, local boy and girl scout groups, and Olney Friends School all loved to visit Marvin and watch her chomp down on a worm or other special treat. Marvin also had a TikTok account (@marvindoingnothing) that reached thousands of viewers.

[xiaomao-ai-wo]

>:3

[marrow-leech]

Hands you a boy