"Snot Otter" Sperm to Save Giant Salamander?

[SludgeMunkey]

NatGeo Online: "Snot Otter" Sperm to Save Giant Salamander?

Christine Dell'Amore
National Geographic News
Published August 20, 2010

It may be a shot in the dark, but freezing sperm is one of the last chances to save the hellbender, North America's biggest salamander, conservationists say.

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[NewtZoo]

Good find,
I have a friend who works at the St. Louis Zoo and they are working on Hellbenders. I hope that Oocyte preservation can catch up with sperm preservation. I wish these guys would breed a little better in captivity.