1. By Christopher Woods

2. They have many names that come from how they look. 1.Alien-looking Axolotl salamander 2.Ambystoma Mexicanum 3.Mexican walking fish 4.Mexican axolotl 5.Mexican water monster 6.Mexican salamander 7.Axolotl INFORMATION PART 1 DIFFERENT NAMES The animal

3. ( Apart from their appearance) 1.Ability to regenerate most body parts. 2.Mexican walking fish have a 3- chambered heart PART 2 COOL THINGS TO KNOW

4. 1.Most say that telling the age of a Mexican walking fish is a challenge. 2.They begin life like a tadpole. 3.Even as adults they look like tadpoles 4.They never grow out of the larvae stage 5.They never get to adapt to the land MATURITY

5. COLOR 1.They can be many different colors 2.Most times when you look at a group of Mexican walking fish it looks like a rainbow. 3.Pale pink 4.Gold 5.Close to any shade of gray 6.Brown 7.Black 8.Albino or cream 9.Can be multicolor called piebald and harlequin

6. It is not a fish!!!! It is a salamander WHAT IS IT

7. In Mexican on the water way Native to fresh water lakes Murky 14-18 degrees Celsius. HABITAT

8. They are close to extinction Scientists estimate that there used to be more than 1,500 each square mile, now less than 25. Due to the detraction and human invading of the lakes they are close to extinction ENDANGER SPECIES

9. They are carnivores Eats Small creatures Insects Worms Small fish Live bate Bloodworms Wax worms Earthworms Trout Salomon pellets DIET

10. Ambystoma tigrinum Ambystoma mavortium Frog CLOSE RELATED

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12. Kingdom: animalia Phylum: chordata Class: amphibia Order: caudata Size: 20-30 cm (10-20in.) Weigh: up to 300 g(8 oz.) WHAT

13. The axolotl gets its name from the Aztec god Xolotl. They posses rudimentary lungs Have amazing healing ability's FUN FACTS

14. Family: mole salamanders Exhibits a trait known as noetony Neotony: means it attain sexual maturity The process metamorphosis(failure) The lack of thyroid stimulating hormone, needed for the metamorphosis process When they become sexual They become sexually mature at the age of 12 months. The females lay 300 to 1000eggs. BREEDING

15.  Good healthy ones live 12 to 15 years. There has been reporting of up to26 years. LIFESPAN

16.  $ 20.00 for juveniles  $ 35.00 for adults RANGE IN MONEY

17. That a axolotl can be white with out being albino. They are only albino if their eyes are red. DID YOU KNOW

18. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeX2Fsy6WxQ&feature=player_embedd ed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr2GZcAs8JU&feature=player_detailpag e HYPERLINK

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