- Up to 12 inches
- About 10-15 years
- Snails, worms, crustacean
- Located in Mexico and can be found in Lake Xochimilco
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Axolotl
FOREVER YOUNG
Axolotls never grow up. Unlike other salamanders, they don’t metamorphose into land animals They retain tadpole-like gills and live and breathe entirely in water, a trait known as neoteny. Axolotls also have amazing healing abilities. They don’t produce normal scar tissue and can regenerate entire limbs and portions of the spine and brain. And think about this – axolotl embryos can even be combined with different parts of other embryos in a laboratory.
