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This Is My Axolotl Report on an Axolotl. This includes it's Habitat, Appearance, Diet, Reproduction, And Behavior.

Axolotl Report

Axolotls

Axolotls are walking Mexican Fish. They are amphibians who spend their whole lives underwater.

Appearance:

An Axolotl is grey or White in colour with black eyes. The colour of an axolotl depends on the cells in its body. Axolotls can grow up to 30 centimetres in length and weigh between 60-227 grams. The axolotl can age but it remains in larva form for its entire life.

Reproduction:

Axolotls are an endangered species and are rarely found in the wild. There are less than 1200 axolotls in Lake Xochimilco. Axolotls do not go through Neoteny( when a juvenile  turns into a adult) like most amphibians do.

Diet:

Axolotl are carnivores.They eat mainly aquatic food as it lives in bodies of water most of its life. They have teeth that are used for gripping rather than biting, so they swallow their food whole instead of chewing first. Its diet can consist of mollusk, worms, insect larvae, crustaceans and small types of fish.

Behaviour:

Axolotls live most of their lives underwater. Axolotls are next to completely aquatic creatures but have a rudimentary set of lungs, breath through gills and, to a lesser extent, it’s skin. They have the ability to heal and/or regenerate themselves from body mutilation. Wild Axolotls can live up to 15 years in the wilderness.

Habitat:

Axolotls are found mostly in large bodies of water (e.g Creeks, lakes, waterways) in Mexico city. They were native to Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco. Axolotls are rare and many scientist have tried to save both of these lakes. However the remaining waterways are likely to be threatened by the city’s continuing expansion.

Axolotls are endangered for now and are kept in captivity or sold as pets. They are trying to be kept alive before they go extinct