Giant Salamanders Helped to Spawn

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December 31, 2009

A new program in Japan is helping giant salamanders get past dams built to control flooding so the rare amphibians can lay their eggs upstream.

Video by Public Television's Wild Chronicles, from National Geographic Mission Programs

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