Hellbender salamander dads are cannibalizing their young, and deforestation may be to blame

Child hellbender salamanders do not stand an opportunity towards their fathers who’ve gone rogue and began cannibalizing their offspring.

For the previous eight years, scientists from Virginia Tech have been finding out the habits of hellbender salamanders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis), a species of large amphibians that inhabit the frigid waters of southwestern Virginia rivers and are thought of the most important salamanders in North America, rising about 2 ft (0.69 meters) lengthy and weighing as much as 5 kilos (2.3 kilograms).