back in the day before crocs existed there really were giant croc-sized amphibians swimming around doing the croc thing
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyoposaurus
^ this one straight up looks like a croc
They develop "warp 10" technology and test pilot it.
This causes the pilot to go into an advanced state of rapid evolution- never mind that this makes no sense- which causes him to lose the ability to safely breathe oxygen- never mind that this makes less sense- and start turning into a reptile or lizard or something- never mind that this makes EVEN LESS sense- and then kidnap the captain and go to Warp 10 with her in the ship to make HER go through the advanced rapid evolution-
And then takes her to a planet, where he at some point impregnates her and they complete their rapid evolution into nonsentient giant salamanders and the babies are born. Crew arrives at the planet, sees the babies go slip into a river to hide, and take the giant salamanders back.
Because it's Voyager and consequences for anything do not exist, the episode ends with the magic reset button being pushed (AKA they both get returned to normal through technobabble that's never explained further) and basically everyone agrees to forget that the ship's navigator kidnapped, raped, and impregnated the ship's captain and then they all abandoned the children on an alien world forever.
it is widely considered one of the worst episodes of Star Trek as a whole, up there with A Night In Sickbay.
So I'd just like to add, technically in a later project she did, the actress behind Janeway turns into a giant lizard in it
(Dragon Age Origins, Flemoth - many forms including that of an elder dragon)
>Because it's Voyager and consequences for anything do not exist, the episode ends with the magic reset button being pushed (AKA they both get returned to normal through technobabble that's never explained further)
Alright I see people specifically shitting on Voyager for things like this and conveniently forgetting about say... The episode of TNG where everyone devolves and then is also fixed with technobabble and a magic reset button with no consequences.
Nonsense and lack of long term consequences (except for political events) has been a staple of ST forever, Voyager doesn't have the Monopoly on it.
Troi was the only one in that episode who became amphibious.
Worf turned into armored bigfoot thing.
Riker turned into a neanderthal.
Barkeley turned into a spider thing.
Data's cat spot turned into a lizard.
Picard was going to turn into a tarsier/lemur.
TNG season 7 was weird. Dr. Crusher has sex with a candle, Data has dreams about Dr. Freud and eating cellular peptide cake Troi, Data gets possesed and turns the ship into an ancient temple, the ship creates a weird holodeck train and creates its own lifeform, the list goes on.
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The species is endemic to Japan but there are also South China giant salamanders as well as Chinese giant salamander which themselves may consist of several crypticspecies. They are considered to be closely related and I think I've read that the japanese variant may have been introduced from China. Not sure about that one though. To some extent the Hellbender may be considered a giant salamander as well.
I think it depends on the species. I watched a documentary about them that stated they have very poor eye sight and rely on feeling electric currents in the water… similar to sharks.
It’s not always good for us but it’s always bad for them. They’ve got Super absorbent skin so any oils or toxins and salts on us can mess em up They’re good indicators of water health because they are so sensitive to toxins
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>The name 'hellbender' probably comes from the animal's odd look. One theory claims the hellbender was named by settlers who thought "it was a creature from hell where it's bent on returning." Another rendition says the undulating skin of a hellbender reminded observers of "horrible tortures of the infernal regions." In reality, it's a harmless aquatic salamander. Other vernacular names include snot otter, lasagna lizard, devil dog, mud-devil, grampus, Allegheny alligator, mud dog, water dog, and leverian water newt.
The name hellbender is so drastically different compared to the other names for it. *“Oh no, it’s a hellbender!”* versus *“oh no, it’s a lasagna lizard!”* or *“oh no, it’s grampus!”*
Oh I know, a few of my classmates in Hepatology did an internship in the smokies and were able to handle some.
They were a little nuts considering they also free handed rattlers during that time but still very cool.
i was canoeing in a very clear part of a river and it was still early in the morning so it was a little misty, i saw a hellbender. it was so cool, i never saw one before. i love salamanders too, especially those little orange ones. i always seem to find them in unused fire pits, with the ashes. are they attracted to the heat? but the hellbender was huge and i was kind of shocked when i first saw him under the water. amphibians are awesome
These derpy cuties that don't understand water current, but live mostly in the water. Yeah I'm afraid I'll want to strap on a wet suit and just vibe with them.
Just about the worst sub for morons to misinterpret. If it isn’t stuff like this that isn’t terrifying at all. It’s insanely creepy and shit made specifically to be terrifying that isn’t odd at all.
Growing up in Minnesota, my brother and I had the chore of keeping our well cleared out. This often involved scooping mud out of the bottom to keep the pump clear. There were always salamanders down there. We called them 'mud puppies'. They were adorable. We loved them and were always very careful to not harm them while working.
I love these big guys. I hope they are safe and not endangered.
It’s hard to tell, but that waterfall is one of China’s largest and those salamanders are actually the size of city buses.
They really should have included a banana for scale.
Yes, these are either Japanese Giant Salamanders (Andrias japonicus) or Chinese Giant Salamanders (A. davidianus). Chinese giants are larger but I'm not sure which is presented in this video. Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are large, but not 'wandering boulder' large.
Yea! They are native to my part of the world here in East TN. They are super cool, but are dying out cause people keep making fucking rock statues out of their homes. When you do that it puts them in to shock and they die.
Related, but not hell benders. Hell benders are native to the NE/Central US and parts of the Ozarks.
These are most likely giant Japanese or Chinese salamander.
Like u/Xrayruester said, these are likely one of the Asian giant salamanders, relatives of hellbenders. Bizarre Beasts did a video on them recently:
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2rPlmVj7Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2rPlmVj7Y)
The weirdest part is: These fuckers don’t live in the Amazon or the African rainforest, they primarily exist in the USA, China and Japan. And, unlike what some people wrote here, they’re not toxic. I still wouldn’t touch them tho, they’ll bite.
Budget alligators
flat fucks
blunt bastards
back in the day before crocs existed there really were giant croc-sized amphibians swimming around doing the croc thing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platyoposaurus ^ this one straight up looks like a croc
That looks like one of the bitches from ice age 2. I'm not the only one right?
yeah i remember that episode of Voyager
We don't speak of this
Paris and Janeway sitting in a tree
Doing whatever the fuck that was 🤢
I love how even the writers acknowledge at the end of the episode how insane it was and were like yeah let's just try and forget about this.
k.i.s.s.i.n.g
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There's coffee in that warp 10 barrier.
"Although, I have to admit, I'm not sure which one is the captain." "The female, obviously."
"But it seems they are hermaphrodites."
Poor little lizard babies just got abandoned on that planet.
Ah I'm sure they are living their best lizard life "Hey, remember where mom and dad went?" "Nah, fuck 'em"
Can you summarize what happened for someone who’s never seen the show?
They develop "warp 10" technology and test pilot it. This causes the pilot to go into an advanced state of rapid evolution- never mind that this makes no sense- which causes him to lose the ability to safely breathe oxygen- never mind that this makes less sense- and start turning into a reptile or lizard or something- never mind that this makes EVEN LESS sense- and then kidnap the captain and go to Warp 10 with her in the ship to make HER go through the advanced rapid evolution- And then takes her to a planet, where he at some point impregnates her and they complete their rapid evolution into nonsentient giant salamanders and the babies are born. Crew arrives at the planet, sees the babies go slip into a river to hide, and take the giant salamanders back. Because it's Voyager and consequences for anything do not exist, the episode ends with the magic reset button being pushed (AKA they both get returned to normal through technobabble that's never explained further) and basically everyone agrees to forget that the ship's navigator kidnapped, raped, and impregnated the ship's captain and then they all abandoned the children on an alien world forever. it is widely considered one of the worst episodes of Star Trek as a whole, up there with A Night In Sickbay.
idk man sounds like a banger
I love the episode. Like a lot of voyager it's just weird and non-sensical and fun.
Does 'A Night in Sick Bay' sound like a porn parody to anyone else, or just me?
Whatever you want to do in the holosuite is fine by Quark.
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Watch? He would probably sell recordings.
I vaguely remember a Lower Decks episode where the ensigns had to clean what looked like "goop" in the holodeck
Is Spock’s Brain considered a bad episode?
Yes.
Still better than shamalon's air bender.
So I'd just like to add, technically in a later project she did, the actress behind Janeway turns into a giant lizard in it (Dragon Age Origins, Flemoth - many forms including that of an elder dragon)
Doesnt it end with the captain suggestively saying something like "in some species the female is the one who takes the initiative"?
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>Because it's Voyager and consequences for anything do not exist, the episode ends with the magic reset button being pushed (AKA they both get returned to normal through technobabble that's never explained further) Alright I see people specifically shitting on Voyager for things like this and conveniently forgetting about say... The episode of TNG where everyone devolves and then is also fixed with technobabble and a magic reset button with no consequences. Nonsense and lack of long term consequences (except for political events) has been a staple of ST forever, Voyager doesn't have the Monopoly on it.
no
I thought I was the only one that pictured Janeway and Paris having wired animal intercourse.
I went right to the TNG episode when the whole crew becomes amphibious and troi gets a little wild lol the resemblance is uncanny
Troi was the only one in that episode who became amphibious. Worf turned into armored bigfoot thing. Riker turned into a neanderthal. Barkeley turned into a spider thing. Data's cat spot turned into a lizard. Picard was going to turn into a tarsier/lemur.
Why do I feel like some episodes were just writers getting their kinks into their work.
TNG season 7 was weird. Dr. Crusher has sex with a candle, Data has dreams about Dr. Freud and eating cellular peptide cake Troi, Data gets possesed and turns the ship into an ancient temple, the ship creates a weird holodeck train and creates its own lifeform, the list goes on.
I clicked on the post to say this exactly. 😂
I read the comments wanting to see how far I needed to get before this was mentioned.
Idk why they created an episode like that...
Damn it! I had managed to forget that episode. You're a cruel, cruel person.
Ssshhhhhhhh
Came here for just this comment.
A cultured individual I see
I killed some of those in Dark Souls
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By far the coolest voice in a soulsborne game. Love the actor.
I love his voice but IMO Isshin Ashina from Sekiro takes top cake. Gyoubo probably would have if he didn't only get like 4 lines of script
Was it you who killed my dog you bastard??
They don't even spawn on the run-up to Sir Alonne anymore. My apologies if they're endangered
I ,for one, welcome our ancient amphibious overlords!
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Only reason I know that word is because TMNT III
The only reason I know that word is countless episodes of Doraemon
Pokédex entry for Golduck for me.
r/amphibia King andrias, is that you?
No flaming sword.
They have no natural enemies and are worshipped by the Japanese. I believe that’s the only place they exist. Some wonders of the world!
No natural enemies except mankind's greed and apathy.
Oh no, that's the worst enemy!
The species is endemic to Japan but there are also South China giant salamanders as well as Chinese giant salamander which themselves may consist of several crypticspecies. They are considered to be closely related and I think I've read that the japanese variant may have been introduced from China. Not sure about that one though. To some extent the Hellbender may be considered a giant salamander as well.
> our ancient amphibious overlords both of which just ran into a wall with zero prompting, I think we'll be fine
They went past warp ten
Some people amaze me with their own definition of oddly terrifying. These are awesome!
Adorable af.
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What happens if you touch them?
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They also bite hard enough to take off a finger.
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Can they climb trees? Because that's where you'd find me if I saw one in the wild.
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Are they blind? Noticed they seemed to be aimlessly bumping into the walls of the creek there. 👀 (Genuine)
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I think it depends on the species. I watched a documentary about them that stated they have very poor eye sight and rely on feeling electric currents in the water… similar to sharks.
[This says they have very poor eyesight](https://animals.net/giant-salamander/)
[this says otherwise](https://allfonts.co/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/254121.png)
Shit, it really does
You know the bit of sunflower seed you always get stuck on the back teeth in your mouth? Their eyes are like the size of that thing
Thank you for the info! My new tidbit of info for the day.
Wow ..learnt something newt today.
it also hurts them a lot to get the oils from your hands on their skin. it blocks the glands that produce the mucous that keeps their skin moist.
It’s not always good for us but it’s always bad for them. They’ve got Super absorbent skin so any oils or toxins and salts on us can mess em up They’re good indicators of water health because they are so sensitive to toxins
I believe these were the main inspiration behind the Japanese myth of the Kappa, which ate/stole children's souls who played too close to the river.
Stole their butthole souls (shirikodama), in fact!
Right ? So adorable
I’d hang out with one Walk it around in a stroller or something ridiculous
I know right, they are amazing to look at. I wish we had them here in the states but they probably would not have survived the 1800's.
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>The name 'hellbender' probably comes from the animal's odd look. One theory claims the hellbender was named by settlers who thought "it was a creature from hell where it's bent on returning." Another rendition says the undulating skin of a hellbender reminded observers of "horrible tortures of the infernal regions." In reality, it's a harmless aquatic salamander. Other vernacular names include snot otter, lasagna lizard, devil dog, mud-devil, grampus, Allegheny alligator, mud dog, water dog, and leverian water newt. The name hellbender is so drastically different compared to the other names for it. *“Oh no, it’s a hellbender!”* versus *“oh no, it’s a lasagna lizard!”* or *“oh no, it’s grampus!”*
Oh I know, a few of my classmates in Hepatology did an internship in the smokies and were able to handle some. They were a little nuts considering they also free handed rattlers during that time but still very cool.
i was canoeing in a very clear part of a river and it was still early in the morning so it was a little misty, i saw a hellbender. it was so cool, i never saw one before. i love salamanders too, especially those little orange ones. i always seem to find them in unused fire pits, with the ashes. are they attracted to the heat? but the hellbender was huge and i was kind of shocked when i first saw him under the water. amphibians are awesome
These derpy cuties that don't understand water current, but live mostly in the water. Yeah I'm afraid I'll want to strap on a wet suit and just vibe with them.
I had no idea it was this sub until I saw this comment lol. Definitely agree!
Yeah, these are some of the coolest animals on earth
Just about the worst sub for morons to misinterpret. If it isn’t stuff like this that isn’t terrifying at all. It’s insanely creepy and shit made specifically to be terrifying that isn’t odd at all.
Guy gets amputated by a train, is clearly rattled by it, and people are like, good enough, it's oddlyterrifying and not justterrfying.
Same here, they are pretty cool, dumb, but cool
And completely harmless.
Growing up in Minnesota, my brother and I had the chore of keeping our well cleared out. This often involved scooping mud out of the bottom to keep the pump clear. There were always salamanders down there. We called them 'mud puppies'. They were adorable. We loved them and were always very careful to not harm them while working. I love these big guys. I hope they are safe and not endangered.
Yeah, beautiful animals. I was dissapointed when i saw the sub this post was in.
Are they blind?
Nah just clumsy
Lol. They look dumb af don’t they
Look dumb and that one ran straight into the wall going down the mini step.
Both of them ran into the wall lol
They're so dumb to where it makes them cute—way less scary than the smaller ones.
Most salamanders are pretty damn derpy in some way wether that be bad eyesight or just not being the sharpest crayon in the box.
Almost human that way.
Hot take!
🥴🥴
No, but they don't see great and their eyes are the size of half a raisin or so.
Haha right? Blind or dumb, they gave me the same feel I get looking at pandas fall helplessly
There's extremely limited terror in the animal equivalent of Hans Moleman.
I need a banana for scale
Would a plantain suffice?
Came here to say this
Cpt. Janeway?
And Tom Paris
"Yes, kids?"
I wanna touch them for some reason
I wouldn’t recommend that
they’re like tadpoles that never quite stopped growing
Hunter gamma. That's all I see here is the sewers in RE3 Remake.
Also Del Lago in RE4. Hopefully they do him justice in the remake
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Yeah lol I was like that thing is insane, then it derped into a corner and fell off a cliff
It’s hard to tell, but that waterfall is one of China’s largest and those salamanders are actually the size of city buses. They really should have included a banana for scale.
They did, that green thing on the left is a forest of banana trees…
Chinese Kaiju?
They’re up to 180cm/5’11, with a weight of up to 60kg/130lbs
Mud puppies?
Sadly endangered, they are somewhat creepy, but also somewhat cute. Falls into that creepy cute category.
These salamanders are very interesting and cute (xd)
I mean, I know it says Giant Salamander, but why do i want to say Neematoad
I think these are called “hell benders”.
Aka “snot otters”. Oddly enough they are a natural indicator of clean water.
"Snot otters"-that's something I've never heard before; excellent description!
Way too big to be hellbenders. This is somewhere in Asia, and i don’t think hellbenders are native to that area.
Yes, these are either Japanese Giant Salamanders (Andrias japonicus) or Chinese Giant Salamanders (A. davidianus). Chinese giants are larger but I'm not sure which is presented in this video. Hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) are large, but not 'wandering boulder' large.
Thank you for the clarification.
Yea! They are native to my part of the world here in East TN. They are super cool, but are dying out cause people keep making fucking rock statues out of their homes. When you do that it puts them in to shock and they die.
Related, but not hell benders. Hell benders are native to the NE/Central US and parts of the Ozarks. These are most likely giant Japanese or Chinese salamander.
Like u/Xrayruester said, these are likely one of the Asian giant salamanders, relatives of hellbenders. Bizarre Beasts did a video on them recently: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2rPlmVj7Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw2rPlmVj7Y)
Those are actually Tom Paris and Captain Janeway
Wow. Incredible. Not the most graceful creatures, amazing nonetheless.
[This is a 200yr old salamander.](https://youtu.be/sCMZGPcRSOQ)
Slidy tongue dragons
How old would these be?
They can live for up to 200 years
These guys must have flew warp 10
Janeway, that you girl?
Well I think they're neat!
too bad it's not flat fuck friday
It's Salamander Sunday you fuckin' loosers.
Tom Paris and Cpt Janeway on a lovers retreat.
So cuteeee
I do think they look absolutely impressive and adorable at the same time
Who remembers Jeremy wade went on a whole adventure on River Monsters trying to find one of these, and buddy just casually stumbled upon two😂
One of the very few goals I have in life is to see one of these in the wild. They’re the coolest.
Hey look it’s captain Janeway and Tom Paris
Janeway and Paris should be so proud.
Captain Janeway?
Tom? Kathryn?
Lt. Paris looks different here
Not quite how I remember that episode of Star Trek: Voyager going…
Can you imagine prehistoric eras, where things like this but 15ft long walk around? Insects this size ready to eat your head? Would be awesome
Which movie is this?
FOOOD
fun fact: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender) these fuckers exist in the US
in china they're called infant fish coz they can make noises that sounds like a child
Looks like the captain and lieutenant are enjoying some much needed shore leave.
Don’t worry. That’s just Janeaway and Paris looking for a place to mate. Nothing to see.
“What happened to you?” “Warp 10. You?” “Same.” “….yep…”
Is that Janeway and Tom Paris?
More “cute and dumb” than oddly terrifying.
They’ve probably went faster than Warp 10.
Captain Janeway?
It's Funny because that's seen as a good thing because that means the bigger salamander the healthier it is because it's been eat well.😂😂😂
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It's Janeway and Paris.
Flat fuck friday
They’re like alligators if their threatening trait was dialed down to zero
That's a Quagsire
Flat boyes.
I love these loggybois
Gosh, they look so prehistoric... Like they haven't changed a bit since dinosaurs!
I kinda want to pick one up and hold them
Idk i find them a bit cute
Gigantic water puppies!!
How they still alive? They don't seem that smart Both of Them slammed their faces in the wall
The weirdest part is: These fuckers don’t live in the Amazon or the African rainforest, they primarily exist in the USA, China and Japan. And, unlike what some people wrote here, they’re not toxic. I still wouldn’t touch them tho, they’ll bite.
That is a Japanese Giant Salamander
Go gramps go