>>6191164It's a perpetually baby Salamander, cute is it's brand
>>6191666There's apparently a small community of breeders for its RL species in Japan because they look funky, and in general there's a lot of people breeding them in several parts of the world
>>6192877It is an endemic species of a region and more accurately, a lake in Mexico and it's so polluted it is likely the species will go extinct in the wild soon.
>>6198669Not only that, but there have been experiments regarding how much of a salamander it isn't or can it be
>Scientists placed two axolotls in habitats of similar size but with a different condition >one was nearly completely underwater as expected of its species normal habitat>The other one had a limited supply of water and its habitat was made slightly drier and hotter>After several weeks>Underwater axolotl stayed the same>Axolotl with a limited supply of water underwent metamorphosis and became a salamander>Axolotls which undergo Metamorphosis can still breed and their offspring will start like the one underwater and if the conditions improve, will stay in underwater form, if conditions deteriorate again, will become salamanderThese things are on another level when it comes to survivability, too bad they can't survive pollution that much and will decide to asphyxiate underwater rather than to start perching in shallow water with fell branches to become a salamander and move to a more “humid” location
>IonidineYou can inject them but the chances are it is not gonna survive because the transformation happens quickly relatively speaking
>>6218997The Mexican government doesn't give a fuck anymore because there's breeders abroad, although those most of the time aren't “pure” axolotls and mixed with other stuff but whatever, for them it is going to get saved or eventually tossed in a river somewhere else an thrive as an invasive species.
>>6219204As last as it has enough food like bugs or very small fish (maybe even some shrimp species) and it doesn't freeze, yeah.
