Axolotls

If you see an Axolotl without knowing what it is you are probably going to scream! Axolotls are weird feathery tadpole looking things that are native to Mexico and are critically endangered. You may however find them in pet shops.

In Mexico they are a delicacy to eat in the fine restaurants. I don’t know what Axolotls taste like but I’m not about to try one. You can have one as a pet. I have to say in a way axolotls are kind of cute.

Axolotls are named after a mexican god. Also they have some predators such as humans and bigger fish that intrude their territory.

Now it gets even weirder. The fish are carnivores meaning they only eat meat. They are also cannibals so they eat their own kind such as their babies. As well as being carnivores and cannibals they also swallow their food whole. CRAZY RIGHT???

For appearance they look a bit like Toothless from “How to train your dragon” minus the wings. They are amphibians and are also known as the “Mexican walking fish”. Axolotls have no eyelids and have frilly gills that hold their lungs outside their body, they also poop out of these gills. EEWWW, too close to the head for me!!! Axolotls regenerate which means they can regrow their limbs. Scientists have also grown a double headed one.

So that is why axolotls are so weird. So if you see one in a pet shop at least try not to scream!

By Zoe

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