#axolotl
Thank you so much for loving our new earrings! It’s such a joy making, packing and sending them to their new homes
Say hello to our new adorable axolotl! We had a lot of doubts choosing the right type of chain for it. We were lost between the choice of gold, silver, with charm or no charm. In the end we settled for a classic looking chain. It seemed appropriate for all the attention to go to this cute pink face instead.
Our little axolotl earrings are finally ready. Aren’t they cute?
Did you know that Axolotls can regrow body parts and even parts of their brain. That’s how cool they.
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HE GOT THE FEETS??????
Holy cow I need him so bad
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Axolotl! ✨
Firefly Axolotls : Reciprical pair
These are my axolotls. Please do not repost this photo without credit, thank you!
me & my girl got matchin hair ❤️
My lovely lady, Eclipse
Mr. Spots & Cerberus
Edgar ‘Allan Poe’ - Male firefly axolotl, 10.04.18
Migi, my mosaic rescue; who is super sparkly!✨ Male, 9 inches. 10.21.18
Meet Calcifer!
ok but phantoms color reminds me of renassaince/cherub styled paintings bc of that black & gold and I absolute love it
Some peelie goodness of my axolotl boba tea stickers!
Animal Crossing Fish - Explained #181
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Gonna warn ya…this might be a long one. So instead of doing my usual introduction, I will start out by saying that we will be covering Dr. Shrunk the axolotl today, because today is April 1st and it’s just too perfect for me to miss out on. Dr. Shrunk has quite the journey during his professional career from AC Wild World to New Leaf. He’s a psychologist (so the Dr. title is real!), then a not funny comedian, and then the owner of ClubLOL. No matter where he’s working, though, his main job was to unlock emotions for the player to use, so explains why he’s not in New Horizons - the villagers stole his job.
They really went to town making Dr. Shrunk an accurate axolotl. (And don’t be surprised if you’re not pronouncing that right; I can’t either.) Of course, I will explain! See, the axolotl is actually a type of salamander, meaning that it is an amphibian. Amphibia, the class of the amphibians, are a group of tetrapods that, unlike all other extant tetrapods (mammals, reptiles, and birbs), they rely on water for at least part of their life cycle. Their eggs do not have hard, protective shells, so they can dry out very quickly. Amphibians also typically start life as larvae, just like fish do. The larvae have gills, but metamorphose into adults with lungs. Well…most do. The axolotl, Ambystoma mexicanum, doesn’t!
By ZeWrestler - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10201881
Axolotl adults still have their gills, which are the pink feathery stalks on either side of their head, and live their whole lives underwater, just like other amphibian larvae do. This retention of “juvenile” traits is called neoteny, which is the mechanism by which the animal’s body has slowed or delayed their physical development into adulthood. Meaning, they still look like “kids”, and that’s called paedomorphism. They do have an “adult color” of darker olive brown with gold speckling in the wild, but captive breeding has led to other color variants, of which, Dr. Shrunk doesn’t resemble any that I can find. He is most likely based off the leucistic variety, which is white with black eyes, as shown above. They have pretty weak limbs, too, which is featured on Dr. Shrunk and his tiny bent legs.
Despite the fact that the axolotl may be the most famous salamander out there, as it is a popular exotic pet, in the wild it’s considered Critically Endangered. The axolotl is native to Mexico, and at one time, its range extended throughout the wetlands and lakes of the Central Mexico Valley. However, it’s disappeared from most of that, now occupying a 467 square kilometer area within Mexico City. I can’t even begin to tell you how incredibly tiny that area is. Living as a sensitive freshwater species has all downsides as their remaining habitat is threatened by multiple factors, like pollution, development, and invasive species. Maybe one day the axolotl may only exist in captivity…and that’s no laughing matter.
And there you have it. Fascinating stuff, no?
Bubble Wizzard
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This is my new baby guy, they don’t have a name yet, and I wont know the sex until they’re 18 months. They’re a melanoid axolotl and the first axie I’ve gotten off a breeder! I’m in love he/she is so friggin adorable
