Hellbender

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Leslie Eaton, Green Movement's New Mascot: the Slimy Snot Otter; Ugly Salamanders Championed in North Carolina; 'They Are Not Cuddly'. Wall Street Journal, Mar 5, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703529004576160253307081570.html

Note:
(a) snot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snot
(slang for nasal mucus OR dried nasal mucus)

鼻屎.

(b) hellbender
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbender
(Cryptobranchus alleganiensis; native to North America; with two subspecies; the third largest species of salamander in the world, being surpassed only by the Japanese giant salamander and the Japanese giant salamander's close relative the Chinese giant salamander; The origin of the name "hellbender" is unclear; length of 74 centimetres (29 inches [including tail]))

* Chinese giant salamander 大鲵别名娃娃鱼
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_giant_salamander
(Andrias davidianus; is the largest salamander in the world, reaching a length of 180 cm (6 ft))
(c) The Ozarks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ozarks
(also referred to as Ozarks Mountain Country, the Ozark Mountains, and the Ozark Plateau; Missouri and Arkansas; section 1 Etymology)

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