Mary’s Monday Metazoan: That’s a lotl axolotl

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   Dhorvath, OM

   26 November 2012 at 9:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I wanna breath like that.

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   ibyea

   26 November 2012 at 9:20 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   That creature has like the best smiley face ever.

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   DLC

   26 November 2012 at 9:55 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   All hail hypno-axolotl !

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   chigau (無)

   26 November 2012 at 10:04 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   I am reminded of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.
   How big is that thing?

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   lilandra

   26 November 2012 at 10:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   We have one for a pet that glows under ultraviolet radiation. They are an awesome low maintenance pet. They are also studied because they can regenerate limbs. Maybe it has something to do with neoteny?

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   F [disappearing]

   26 November 2012 at 10:31 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   How much is it? </peanut gallery>

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   caseyboucher

   27 November 2012 at 4:44 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Axolotls are cute.

   That said, if memory serves, didn’t you use this same picture for a Monday metazoan a couple years ago (maybe more recently than that)?

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   Naked Bunny with a Whip

   27 November 2012 at 6:42 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   My wife loves all them Pokemons.

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   StevoR

   27 November 2012 at 6:55 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

   Great photo, neat animal. Cheers.

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    tanyahiggins

    27 November 2012 at 7:52 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    We have two axolotls, one leucistic and one “wild”, both GFP modified (they glow under blue LED). Great pets if you can keep the water cool enough for them and are willing to do some research.

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    fastlane

    27 November 2012 at 11:30 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    Bait!

    ibyea@2:

    That creature has like the best smiley face ever.

    It is cute, but there’s a lungfish that has what I think is an even better smiley face, in a dorky hyuk hyuk kinda way. Lemme see if I can find an image….

    Here ya go, for comparison:
    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/3543115124_3b30c5fe18.jpg?v=1242665206

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    piero

    29 November 2012 at 3:29 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

    I recommend the short story “Axolotl” by the Argentinian writer Julio Cortázar. It contains not only a masterly description of the animal, but uses it as a wonderful metaphor for the human condition. Oh, and by the way, Mexicans call it “ajolote”, with the “j” as the “ch” in “Loch Ness”.