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10-year-old girl discovers critically endangered axolotl over 5,000 miles from home

"I've been telling Evie all this time that those creatures she watches on YouTube, they're not real." ...
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Childhood love of axolotls leads Fargo man to breed endangered 'water dragons'

FARGO — When Ray Erickson was in kindergarten, he found a book on a strange breed of Mexican salamanders in a public library. Hungrily, he studied the book for years, and even to this day he’ll flip ...

Girl, 10, finds ultra rare creature found in Mexico hidden under Welsh bridge as mum says ‘I thought they were made up’

A TEN-year-old girl was left in awe when she discovered an exceptionally rare Mexican axolotl, the first ever find of its kind in the UK. Mum Melanie said she was in “shock, disbelief and ...
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This 'quite peculiar' species has become Mexico's most beloved amphibian

MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky ...
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Why is axolotl Mexico's most beloved amphibian? Endangerment, Minecraft, more

Legend has it the axolotl was not always an amphibian. Long before it became Mexico’s most beloved salamander and efforts to prevent its extinction flourished, it was a sneaky god. “It’s an ...