Friday, September 18, 2009

axolotl

kinda shag the whole day @ home
watched Family Outing at xav house after that.
thanks to xav for csi-ing my fav pet (:
presenting the mole salamander, axolotl
it's pretty cute (:










i so so so wanted it as a pet lah!
it's around 500 USD for one ._.
credits to wiki

The axolotl (pronounced /ˈæksəlɒtəl/), Ambystoma mexicanum, is the best known of the Mexican neotenic mole salamanders belonging to the Tiger Salamander complex. Larvae of this species fail to undergo metamorphosis, so the adults remain aquatic and gilled. The species originates from the lake underlying Mexico City and is also called ajolote (which is also the common name for the Mexican Mole Lizard). Axolotls are used extensively in scientific research due to their ability to regenerate most body parts, ease of breeding, and large embryos. They are commonly kept as pets in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, Japan (sold under the name wooper looper (ウーパールーパー Ūpā Rūpā?)) and other countries.

CHEERS (:

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