2i6 The Under-Water World 



head. The animal, which is closely re- 

 lated to a fossil form, was originally 

 described as a fossil man, its discoverer 

 and describer ending his account of the 

 animal with the words " Homo diluvii 

 testis." The eggs of the Giant Sala- 

 mander form a rosary, each egg being 

 connected with the next by a small 

 string. Their care devolves on the father, 

 who continually gets under them and 

 lifts them up for the purpose of providing 

 aeration. 



Another Giant Salamander (Megalo- 

 batrachus sligoi) was discovered in 1924 

 in Hong-Kong, and the only existing 

 specimen now resides in the Zoological 

 Society's aquarium. The creature, which 

 measures four feet in length, was cap- 

 tured in the Botanical Gardens after a 

 storm, emerging from a broken drain- 

 pipe. The Giant Salamanders are known 

 to live to a very old age/ and the Zoo 

 specimens are expected to outlive all the 



