What does an Eastern Hellbender eat?

Answer 1

Crayfish and small fish are the main food items consumed by Hellbenders. This diet changes little seasonally. They also eat mollusks, worms, and insects. Specimens have been found containing lamprey, tadpoles, aquatic reptiles, and even one containing a toad and another with a small mammal. Adults will eat their shed outer skin, their own eggs, the eggs of others, and even hatchlings of their own species, along with other adults smaller than them.

[[From:Wikipedia article on "Hellbender"]]

Answer 2

Eastern Hellbenders primarily feed on crayfish, insects, small fish, and other aquatic invertebrates found in their freshwater habitats. They are nocturnal predators, using their keen senses and slimy skin to locate and capture their prey.