Appendix D. Transcript of Erika So what does it look like to you guys? – Participants Eels. – Erika It looks like an eel? – Participant Uh huh. – Erika But what is it really? – Participant Salamander. – Erika a salamander. So these are the largest salamanders in North America. – It’s Leader They can reach sizes of up to 48 inches. This is a pretty good guy here. As you can see, – well, I know if you can see, but right here, see that little appendage right there? don’t Yeah. Participant – With two little itty bitty toes? Can see that? Leader – y’all Participant Yeah. – Leader Can everybody see that? – Erika got two back here and two up front. – He’s Leader See that little foot right there? That little itty bitty foot? – Erika And this guys called a two-toed amphiuma. So like I was got six – saying earlier, he’s rows of teeth and all segmented so broken up, so he may have two on this they’re they’re side, two on this side, and two in the middle but all broken up. they’re Leader So what would you think that these guys eat? – Participant Small fish. – Leader Small fish, yeah. What else would live back in this area that they might like to eat? – Participant Frogs. – Leader Frogs? Yeah. With six rows of teeth they can pretty much eat anything, right? Their – main forage is usually crayfish. You know, crayfish have shells but nothing for them it’s to crunch through those shells with six rows of teeth. Erika These guys are mostly active at night. When heavy, when a lot of heavy – there’s there’s rain they can cross over roads to the other side and go to, like, a ditch or they’ll something. Leader How do you think these guys breath? – Participant Lungs. –
Appendix D. Transcript of Erika – So what does it look like to you guys? Participants – Eels. Erika – It looks like an eel? Participant – Uh huh. Erika – But what is it really? Participant – Salamander. Erika – It’s a salamander. So these are the largest salamanders in North America. Leader – They can reach sizes of up to 48 inches. This is a pretty good guy here. As you can see, well, I don’t know if you can see, but right here, see that little appendage right there? Participant – Yeah. Leader – With two little itty bitty toes? Can y’all see that? Participant – Yeah. Leader – Can everybody see that? Erika – He’s got two back here and two up front. Leader – See that little foot right there? That little itty bitty foot? Erika – And this guys called a two-toed amphiuma. So like I was saying earlier, he’s got six rows of teeth and they’re all segmented so they’re broken up, so he may have two on this side, two on this side, and two in the middle but they’re all broken up. Leader – So what would you think that these guys eat? Participant – Small fish. Leader – Small fish, yeah. What else would live back in this area that they might like to eat? Participant – Frogs. Leader – Frogs? Yeah. With six rows of teeth they can pretty much eat anything, right? Their main forage is usually crayfish. You know, crayfish have shells but it’s nothing for them to crunch through those shells with six rows of teeth. Erika – These guys are mostly active at night. When there’s heavy, when there’s a lot of heavy rain they can cross over roads to the other side and they’ll go to, like, a ditch or something. Leader – How do you think these guys breath? Participant – Lungs.
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