The blanco blind salamander has been missing for at least 50 years. Va scince reporter Benji Jones investigates the mystery of this dead, preserve salamander in a warehouse filled with reptiles and amphibians. It's just a really intriguing idea, because i love, like, murder mysteries. And then i think about animals that have gone missing as well, and i think theyre're just a lot of interesting questions you can answer," he says.
One of the world’s most biodiverse aquifers is full of strange, blind creatures that have evolved in isolation for millions of years. But one is missing.
This episode was reported by Benji Jones and Mandy Nguyen, who produced the episode. Editing from Meradith Hoddinott, Katherine Wells, Brian Resnick, and Noam Hassenfeld, who scored the episode. Mixing and sound design from Cristian Ayala. Fact-checking from Richard Sima.
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