Axies rule!! I have three of them; one of mine was born with no arms, which is strange, as they're one of the few vertebrates that can actually regenerate lost limbs. (She's a study in irony...)
Their wild-type form is actually more of a brown color; the one you have in the picture there looks like a leucistic... Albinos are very common as well.
July 01, 2007
Anonymous said...
That's a pretty good analogy (between axolotls and humans). I might just steal it!
Axolotls rule! I had one... his name was Socrates and he was sooo cute and sweet! I cried when he died, and buried him in the garden.
July 16, 2007
Anonymous said...
Wow that is one emaciated looking axolotl. somebody feed it! Such small gills, somebody check the water quality!
July 18, 2007
Kata sent me this photo. It's an axolotl in a zoo in Korkeasaari. This is a larval salamander native to Mexico. What's unusual about these slippery amphibians is that they often live out their lives without metomorphosing into their adult form. That seems to be a growing trend among humans these days, too.
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Close this window Jump to comment formAxies rule!! I have three of them; one of mine was born with no arms, which is strange, as they're one of the few vertebrates that can actually regenerate lost limbs. (She's a study in irony...)
Their wild-type form is actually more of a brown color; the one you have in the picture there looks like a leucistic... Albinos are very common as well.
July 01, 2007
That's a pretty good analogy (between axolotls and humans). I might just steal it!
July 02, 2007
"That seems to be a growing trend amoung humans too" hahahahaha!
July 03, 2007
Axolotls rule! I had one... his name was Socrates and he was sooo cute and sweet! I cried when he died, and buried him in the garden.
July 16, 2007
Wow that is one emaciated looking axolotl. somebody feed it! Such small gills, somebody check the water quality!
July 18, 2007