Mysterious, Large, Prehistoric Creatures. *Not for sensitive people*

[Andaeeee]

:ohdear:.

[Barblunder]

What the fuck, watching that salamander move was an EXPERIENCE. Just to think that I was in Japan and I thought it was relatively devoid of scary animals. That was before I saw the huge cicada fly things they have in metropolitan areas though.

[ewitwins]

Here's a tidbit of information for all of you:

[img]http://i45.tinypic.com/2hwi5pj.jpg[/img]

They NEVER get this big in the wild. I'm actually very surprised that there is a picture of this guy getting picked up, because the ones that get this big are:

A) Over 90 years old (the one in the photo is probably at least a century old), and
B) Raised by monks. It's usually forbidden to touch them, and they are cared for TEDIOUSLY.

The more you know.

[Jorori]

[QUOTE=ewitwins;29764201]Here's a tidbit of information for all of you:

[img_thumb]http://i45.tinypic.com/2hwi5pj.jpg[/img_thumb]

They NEVER get this big in the wild. I'm actually very surprised that there is a picture of this guy getting picked up, because the ones that get this big are:

A) Over 90 years old (the one in the photo is probably at least a century old), and
B) Raised by monks. It's usually forbidden to touch them, and they are cared for TEDIOUSLY.

The more you know.[/QUOTE]

If I'm not mistaken they normally grow up to 1'5 meters, right? This one looks a bit longer than that (Implying the guy that it's picking it up measures around 1'7 or 1'8 meters). I think I'm going with the "very old specimen" theory, because having unusually big animals that are pretty old it's a mildly normal ocurrence in nature