Our friend and ally Rockie Scratch joined the 1st National Encounter of Axolotls and Axolotrans with this incredible cut-out illustration with which they can personalize their axolotl with the elements that most identify them. The michelada, the pulque pot, the bunny slippers and the wrestler’s mask are some of the elements with which you can […]
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On February 1, 2018, the article “The axolotl genome and the evolution of key tissue formation regulators” was published in number 554 of the scientific journal Nature, which reveals the complete results of the Mexican axolotl genome. In this study, they discovered that its genome has 32 billion DNA base pairs, this is more than
The spirit of this animal was recognized & nbsp; by ancient cultures that saw it as a being that defies death. The axolotl appears linked to the oldest Mexican myths. Its name in Nahuatl (axolotl) means “water xolotl” and has been translated as “water toy”, “water monster”, “water twin” or “water dog”. It is evident
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To achieve our goal of conservation and protection of the axolotl, we have used various allies who have been interested in joining their efforts, talent and work in favor of this wonderful species, thus achieving work towards a common goal : safeguard the ecosystem to be able to reinsert the axolotl in wildlife and disseminate
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The genus Ambystoma, commonly called “axolotls”, comprises a group of 33 species, which are distributed in North America from southwest Alaska and southern Canada to the Mexican Highlands. In the particular case of Mexico there are 17 species distributed in the northeast and center of the country; of which 16 are endemic and one, Ambystoma
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Generally, there is confusion around the indiscriminate use of both terms (axolotl and salamander), probably the product of the ambivalent clash between colloquial speech and specialized language. It is common to think of Ambystoma mexicanum as the maximum representation of what an “axolotl” is and, on the contrary, to exclude Ambystoma velasci from this distinctive
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