Nearly 3,000 Ozark hellbender eggs laid by eight females mark the second time the endangered amphibian has been bred in captivity at the St. Louis Zoo.
Endangered hellbenders reproduce for second year at St. Louis Zoo
Friday, November 2, 2012 | 4:32 p.m. CDT;
updated 5:11 p.m. CDT, Friday, November 2, 2012
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