"Snot Otter" Sperm to Save Giant Salamander?

nationalgeographic ^ | August 20, 2010 | Christine Dell'Amore

[JoeProBono]

North America's biggest salamanders, hellbenders can grow as long as 2.5 feet

[library user]

[King_Corey]

Why must you do this to good people? Why?

[library user]

I googled “snot otter Helen Thomas” and that’s what came up. Sorry. :O)

[Rockiette]

Aw, c’mon, don’t compare the snot guy to Helen, the otter has it all over Helen.

[nomad]

Looks like they`ll be collecting some special order “snot” from the “Snot Otters”.

[stormer]

Hmmm... What could possibly be damaging water quality?

[JoeProBono]

[wardaddy]

ping

[wardaddy]

so you oppose strip mining Stormer?

[IamConservative]

Kind of hard to read “snott otter” and “sperm” the same sentence and not think it is humor..

[johnthebaptistmoore]

This is, at the very least, a contender for the strangest headline, ever.

[Doogle]

...."and to think I cudda avoided reading this headline before my daily cup of tapioca pudding"

[tnlibertarian]

ping

[JoeProBono]

[paddles]

"It's unclear why they're tough to breed."

Dude, get a look at him...who would want to?

To top that off, can you imagine "Hey baby, my name is Snot Otter. How do you like me so far?"

[JoeProBono]

Hellbender sperm-cell tail, with characteristic "corkscrew" tissue

[stormer]

Not specifically. I am opposed to the unnecessary and long term damage to entire watersheds due to inadequate protective measures and poor management.

[GunsAndBibles]

I’ve heard of choking chickens, but...

[OldMissileer]

OK. We have a species that is fading away because they cannot compete according to the theory of evolution.

Yet, without any evidence or facts/data (admitted in the article) the “conservationists” automatically blame humans for their demise.

They will now scream for knee-jerk reactions that will really harm humans in some way to try to keep this species alive.

Do they not know they are trying to stop the evolutionary cycle they so soundly tout?