Oh, a hellbender is a salamander. It’s a large, you know, salamander, and it’s the Ozark hellbender that we’re talking about, that is, you know, I’m not sure what its status is, whether it’s threatened, endangered, or what, the Ozark hellbender in Missouri streams. And it was certainly less and less, and it’s a huge project with the zoo and the Missouri Department of Conservation in working on these, and we’ve been extremely successful now in reproducing them. Had the first ones born in captivity and now, and those were from ones that came from the wild, and now even been successful in breeding, ones that were born in captivity, and you know, releasing them back into the wild is happening all the time. Thousands of them have been released back. I wanted to ask you some questions about working with some of the animals that may stand out to you, and possibly some of your favorite stories.
