Salamander search party

Unexplainable

Vox

Life Sciences, Science, Natural Sciences

4.5 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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One of the world’s most biodiverse aquifers is full of strange, blind creatures that have evolved in isolation for millions of years. But one is missing. This episode was reported by Benji Jones and Mandy Nguyen, who produced the episode. Editing from Meradith Hoddinott, Katherine Wells, Brian Resnick, and Noam Hassenfeld, who scored the episode. Mixing and sound design from Cristian Ayala. Fact-checking from Richard Sima. For more, go to http://vox.com/unexplainable It’s a great place to view show transcripts and read more about the topics on our show. Also, email us! [email protected] We read every email. Support Unexplainable by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:54.2	Andy Glucin Camp is kind of like a detective for animals.
1:00.0	So basically if it's creepy crawly, slimy or has scales, especially if it lives underground,
1:06.2	yeah, I'm kind of interested.
1:08.5	Andy's a herpetologist, which means he studies reptiles and amphibians.
1:12.6	He works at the San Antonio Zoo and for the last 20 years, he's been working on a case,
1:17.6	searching for a missing creature.
1:19.9	It's my white whale.
1:21.7	It's actually a white salamander, a blind one called the Blanco Blind Salamander.
1:27.2	If you asked herpetologists, most of them have heard of it.
1:31.4	It's one of the most famous amphibians that no one's ever seen.
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