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RE: The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is the largest amphibian in the world, but has now been found to be at least 5 and as much as 8 different species!
I don't understand why people keep hunting down this salamander knowing it is close to extinction. Are those hunters really so much greedy that they prefer that money at expenses of the existence of this race?
Also, it is also bad business for them to extinguish this animals, because once it is done, they wouldn't have more salamander to hunt and their business will close.
Human greed and selfishness have caused suffering and extinction of countless species, this poor salamander is just one of them...
Pretty much, yes. However, I don't mostly blame the poachers themselves; these tend to be extremely poor people who need to do this to bring food to the table. I rather blame the smugglers and dealers who make a big profit on it, and the buyers who makes it all possible.