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freshoilandstone t1_jdc6vhh wrote

Only semi-related but my daughter and I went to a lecture given by a Professor from Lycoming College on Eastern Hellbenders. Wonderful little creatures that were believed by local yokels to be responsible for eating all the fish so local yokel community leaders had an actual bounty on them back in the 1920's. Turns out they don't eat fish at all.

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*edited for too-fast fat fingers

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joelpedro16 t1_jddmj51 wrote

I actually worked for that professor as an intern SCUBA diving and surveying for hellbenders for a summer. I gave my biology capstone presentation on the findings. Awesome animals and sadly as is the way with many things in Pennsylvania, a lesson in conservation.

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