Seney+Giant+Salamander

=Giant salamander =

**Diet: **

 * ===**The Giant salamander eats ** fish, crustaceans, shrews, mice,frogs,crayfish, snails, smaller salamanders, worms, and insects. The Giant salamander sucks it's prey which is bad table manners!===


===**Life cycle: **from egg to newt to grown or stay like it is. The mother lays up to 400 to 600 eggs the male protects the eggs.Its father protects the eggs from fish.=== 

**Habitat: The Giant salamander lives in mountain **rivers. It spends most of it's time in cool shallow water under boulder rocks.


**Description: **color: orange-brown, yellow, red; size: 6ft. long, weight: 140 lbs; moist skin.
===Interesting facts: Giant salamanders are blind and they only hunt at night. The guy who discovered a fossil of it thought it was related to the bible. I t is an endangered species. Since 1960 the population has decreased by 80%. Why you might say because of habitat loss,water pollution,and for meat.They are restricted to streams with cool water.There are many types of giant salamanders ex: Japanese,Calafornian,and Chinese.Are you wondering why it's slimy because it's covered in mucas.===