They were ugly, they were slimy, and they were creepy. And I’ve not gotten over that. So to elevate them to the status of being the state amphibian, I’m not there yet.
— Rep. Ken Andrus (R), who voted against the measure a grade school student’s request that the Idaho giant salamander be named the state amphibian,” the Idaho Statesman reports. Andrus recalled being repulsed by them as a young boy.
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