200-year-old Giant salamander found alive in China

Scientists captured an endangered giant salamander believed to be some 200 years old in a cave in a China.

The amphibian is 4.5 feet long and weighs 114 pounds, according to the Washington Post, citing reports from the People’s Daily online.

That’s actually not very large for the species Andrias davidianus, the paper reports, as the huge animals can grow to be about six feet long.

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