Axolotls are awesome!

Seing as the Auxolotl may become this project’s mascot, let’s share awesome facts about axolotls, (and optionally how they may relate to what we want this project to be).

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According to the title of a YouTube short I recently saw, «[axolotls] are able to regrow their limbs, tail, gills, brain and heart in just a few weeks». :exploding_head: While I don’t hope for this project or community to suffer any such losses, let that be an inspiration for its resilience and agility.

Wikipedia mentions something similar:

Here’s that short:

[content warning: (unbloody) cartoon animal gore: severed gills and limbs]
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Here’s a great video about them! I’m sure Marketing Committee could spin this in some way :smiley: “We won’t grow more heads, but we can recover from any bad state”

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Did you know that Axolotls can regenerate entire limbs, spinal cords, hearts, and even parts of their brains?!

They really know how to pull themselves together!

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Did you know that Axolotls are Neotenic?
They retain their larval features throughout their lives, meaning they stay aquatic and gilled.

All that youth and they didn’t even need a fountain for it. ᓬ(•ᴗ•)ᕒ

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Axolotls come in various colors, including wild (brown with spots), leucistic (pale pink with black eyes), albino, and more!

They’re always dressed to gills! ᓬ(•ᴗ•)ᕒ

p.s. lemme know if this bit is getting old. :smile:

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Perhaps we need some fun facts about auks, too :slight_smile:

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