Here's a picture of the axoltl. Genus: Ambystoma. Species: Mexicanum (is that Latin for Mexican?). Related to salamanders. Living only in a few lakes in Mexico. Known as the WuperRuper in Japan. I promise this won't turn into some sort of 'cute underwater creatures' blog... cute as the axolotl may be.
6 comments:
aaaaah thats insane! I love it though - i want one!!!!!
It kind of looks like one of those stress doll thingies - when you squeeze it the eyes pop out!
nice monster ^^
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simply unbelievable
our earth has so much diversity
impressive.
Humans argue over politics. Meanwhile, the Axolotl are dying out.
Lake Xochimilco outside of Mexico City, Mexico --
The Axolotl is an aquatic salamander that never grows out of the
tadpole state. It is native to Lake Xochimilco. This animal can not be
found in the wild anyplace else on Earth. According to scientists,
there are only about 1200 left. They are becoming extinced in the wild
because of foreign fish that were introduced to the lake, back in the
1970's. Now the local human population is dependent on the fishing
industry surrounding the lake.
These critters need to be preserved and transplanted to another lake
similar to their natural habitat. Meanwhile, we need to figure out how
they reproduce cut off limbs.
Read more at http://www.under5cents.com/search/label/Axolotl
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