Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 10 hours ago
We don't know how the wandering salamander wandered from northern California to Vancouver without going through Oregon or Washington, but scientists definitely have some hypotheses!
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Sources:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z98-091
canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/wandering-salamander-2014.html
oregonencyclopedia.org/glossary/glacial%20refugia
fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/tree/notden/all.html
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Images:
gettyimages.com/detail/video/matanuska-glacier-03-stock-footage/1405932646?adppopup=true
gettyimages.com/detail/video/motionless-dead-tree-floats-on-an-inert-ocean-in-the-stock-footage/2246592101?adppopup=true
gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/leather-industry-tannery-scene-royalty-free-illustration/174768065?adppopup=true
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/notholithocarpus-densiflorus-commonly-known-as-the-royalty-free-image/1198740265?phrase=tanoak&searchscope=image%2Cfilm&adppopup=true
inaturalist.org/observations/332608376
youtube.com/watch?si=lJjZuNyDGu_twedc&v=7F1zTOLmPuA&feature=youtu.be
youtu.be/PTaUZGWN6wk?si=ZXOIuAuw0lGK3dQU
We don't know how the wandering salamander wandered from northern California to Vancouver without going through Oregon or Washington, but scientists definitely have some hypotheses!
Wondering if we used AI to create graphics (or thumbnails or scripts!) for this video? Nope! Every Complexly video is lovingly, painstakingly human-made.
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#BizarreBeasts #salamanders
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Sources:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/abs/10.1139/z98-091
canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/wandering-salamander-2014.html
oregonencyclopedia.org/glossary/glacial%20refugia
fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/tree/notden/all.html
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Images:
gettyimages.com/detail/video/matanuska-glacier-03-stock-footage/1405932646?adppopup=true
gettyimages.com/detail/video/motionless-dead-tree-floats-on-an-inert-ocean-in-the-stock-footage/2246592101?adppopup=true
gettyimages.com/detail/illustration/leather-industry-tannery-scene-royalty-free-illustration/174768065?adppopup=true
gettyimages.com/detail/photo/notholithocarpus-densiflorus-commonly-known-as-the-royalty-free-image/1198740265?phrase=tanoak&searchscope=image%2Cfilm&adppopup=true
inaturalist.org/observations/332608376
youtube.com/watch?si=lJjZuNyDGu_twedc&v=7F1zTOLmPuA&feature=youtu.be
youtu.be/PTaUZGWN6wk?si=ZXOIuAuw0lGK3dQU
