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Sumio Okada Japanese giant salamanders live their entire lives in freshwater.
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They're the third largest salamander in the world after the Chinese and Japanese giant salamanders.
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But male Chinese giant salamanders are just that.
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Cuvier knew better, and was able to demonstrate its relationship to the giant salamanders of Eastern Asia and North America.
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Other wildlife sold at the market, which has since been shuttered, included crocodiles, giant salamanders, snakes, porcupines and camel meat.
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Modern giant salamanders are often called "living fossils", as they are still so similar to their ancient relatives.
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The famous yin and yang symbol of opposites is thought to have originally been two Chinese giant salamanders, harmoniously intertwined.
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One of the programmes, on fresh water, showed us everything from gruesome giant salamanders in Japan to freshwater dolphins in the Amazon.
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Chinese giant salamanders are the world's largest living amphibians, growing up to 1.8m long - a length many humans don't reach.
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Giant salamanders were once found across a large area of central, eastern, and southern China.