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My daughter and I visited the Seal Life Aquarium in Orlando, FL. They are successfully breeding and raising endangered Axolotls. The nifty thing about these salamanders is that they remain juveniles their entire lives and do not morph into land dwelling adults.

Presumably because they are always juveniles, they are capable of great feats of regeneration. They can regenerate entire limbs and even regenerate portions of heart, liver, eyes and brain.

The picture below is taken from a website because my photos are not as illuminating. But the bottom photo is my picture of the babies growing in Orlando. I guess I could have put this in Baby Animals.

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WhitewaterWoman said:
My daughter and I visited the Seal Life Aquarium in Orlando, FL. They are successfully breeding and raising endangered Axolotls. The nifty thing about these salamanders is that they remain juveniles their entire lives and do not morph into land dwelling adults.
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They used to be in pet shops everywhere in Australia back in the 80s. They only remain in that jeuvenile state as long as you keep them in a tank full of water that they can't climb out of. Give them somewhere where they can crawl out of the water for a little while every day and they will finish their maturing. The gills disappear and you're left with an ugly little lizard that will drown if you put it back in the water.
 
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They used to be in pet shops everywhere in Australia back in the 80s. They only remain in that jeuvenile state as long as you keep them in a tank full of water that they can't climb out of. Give them somewhere where they can crawl out of the water for a little while every day and they will finish their maturing. The gills disappear and you're left with an ugly little lizard that will drown if you put it back in the water.
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Not this species.

Ambystoma mexicanum is a paedomorphicsalamander, one that matureswithout undergoing metamorphosis into the terrestrial adult form; adults remain fully aquatic with obvious external gills.

Sorry I didn’t give the scientific name in the first post. I was trying to keep it user friendly.
 
Shevek said:
Upwind, or downwind?
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Doesn't matter much, when there's water in those lakes the stench travels for miles in every direction. The salt lakes in South Australia's far north don't get any rainfall, that's not how they fill. The water has flowed in from floods up in North Queensland more than 2000 Km away.

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This happens roughly every 10 or 15 years, and within a day of the water arriving the lakes are full of fish, frogs and toads desperately trying to mate and get eggs buried before the water disappears again.

These lakes are not open to tourists, you're not allowed in these areas without a special permit because the ecosystems are so fragile. All it takes is one too many irresponsible idiots and we lose something unique and irreplaceable.
 
The really strange thing about the Sonic The Hedgehog franchise is realizing that Ace Ventura is trying to hurt a hedgehog.😐
 
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