Duties. Tire technicians install, balance, repair and rotate tires. They also might stud tires for snow, repair run-flat tires, retread worn off-the-road tires or complete other specialty tire work.
Giant salamander is the world's largest living amphibian and is known as 'the living fossil' because it has remained largely unchanged for 170 million years. Surprising catch: Wu Shuying (right), 51, said her husband was fixing a blocked pipe when they saw the critically endangered animal trapped inside the tube in their home in Wuhan, China
Giant salamanders have a single lung, which is not used for breathing but for buoyancy control, like a fish's swim bladder. Although they are almost always submerged in water, giant salamanders can survive periods of time above the surface as long as their skin remains moist.