Could you not have called us
Just plain salamanders?
While our Latin name
Cryptobranchus alleganiensis
Is admittedly a bit unwieldy -
Our alternative nickname,
Hellbender
Has a certain menacing panache.

But no.
You had to gift us
With the moniker snot otter.

Bastards.

10/08/2008

Posted on 10/09/2008
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