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Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Axolotls


Axolotl….

Axolotl are walking Mexican fish. They are amphibians who spend their whole life underwater.

Appearance

An Axolotl is grey or white in colour with dark black eyes. The colour on an Axolotl depends on its cells. Axolotls can grow up to 30cm in length,although the average is closer to 15 centimeters. They from 60 to 227 grams. They can live up to 15 years, but it remains in larvae forms for its entire life.

Diet
An axolotls feast on the menu is usually creatures in the wild, such as worms,mollusks,insect larvae,crustaceans and fish, and just about any other small creature that can fit in their mouth and that can swallow whole. Including other salamanders.


Habitat

Axolotls are found in high altitude lakes near Mexico City. The axolotls are historically native to lakes of Chalco and Xochimilco.

Behaviour.
The axolotl is able to regenerate body parts. When they are attacked by predators they can release one of the attachments to escape . Before long that attachment will grow back. They can be boring to watch though as they often don’t move for several hours at a time. When they do move they are slow.

Axolotls is currently been names as an endangered species, as  people have been trying to catch them, people who care about them are worried.

A captive axolotl

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