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Mexican walking fish

Mexican walking fish . By Christopher Woods. Information part 1 different names. They have many names that come from how they look. A lien-looking Axolotl salamander Ambystoma Mexicanum M exican walking fish Mexican axolotl M exican water monster Mexican salamander Axolotl .

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Mexican walking fish

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  1. Mexican walking fish By Christopher Woods

  2. Information part 1 different names • They have many names that come from how they look. • Alien-looking Axolotl salamander • AmbystomaMexicanum • Mexican walking fish • Mexican axolotl • Mexican water monster • Mexican salamander • Axolotl The animal

  3. PART 2COOL THINGs TO KNOW • (Apart from their appearance) • Ability to regenerate most body parts. • Mexican walking fish have a 3- chambered heart

  4. Maturity • Most say that telling the age of a Mexican walking fish is a challenge. • They begin life like a tadpole. • Even as adults they look like tadpoles • They never grow out of the larvae stage • They never get to adapt to the land

  5. COLOR • They can be many different colors • Most times when you look at a group of Mexican walking fish it looks like a rainbow. • Pale pink • Gold • Close to any shade of gray • Brown • Black • Albino or cream • Can be multicolor called piebald and harlequin

  6. What is it • It is not a fish!!!! • It is a salamander

  7. Habitat • In Mexican on the water way • Native to fresh water lakes • Murky • 14-18 degrees Celsius.

  8. Endanger species • They are close to extinction • Scientists estimate that there used to be more than 1,500 each square mile, now less than 25. • Due to the detraction and human invading of the lakes they are close to extinction

  9. Diet • They are carnivores • Eats • Small creatures • Insects • Worms • Small fish • Live bate • Bloodworms • Wax worms • Earthworms • Trout • Salomon pellets

  10. close related • Ambystomatigrinum • Ambystomamavortium • Frog

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  12. what • Kingdom: animalia • Phylum: chordata • Class: amphibia • Order: caudata • Size: 20-30 cm (10-20in.) • Weigh: up to 300 g(8 oz.)

  13. Fun facts • The axolotl gets its name from the Aztec god Xolotl. • They posses rudimentary lungs • Have amazing healing ability's

  14. Breeding • Family: mole salamanders • Exhibits a trait known as noetony • Neotony: means it attain sexual maturity • The process metamorphosis(failure) • The lack of thyroid stimulating • hormone, needed for the metamorphosis process • When they become sexual • They become sexually mature at the age of • 12 months. The females lay 300 to 1000eggs.

  15. Lifespan • Good healthy ones live 12 to 15 years. • There has been reporting of up to26 years.

  16. Range in money • $ 20.00 for juveniles • $ 35.00 for adults

  17. Did you know • That a axolotl can be white with out being albino. • They are only albino if their eyes are red.

  18. Hyperlink • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeX2Fsy6WxQ&feature=player_embedded • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr2GZcAs8JU&feature=player_detailpage

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  20. Bibliography • "All About Axolotl- The Complete Care Guide." MyAxolotl. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 July • "AXOLOTL." ANIMAL BYTES. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 July 2011. • <http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/ • coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/amphibia/caudata/axolotl.htm>. • 2011. <http://www.myaxolotl.com/basics-facts.htm>. • Durkee, Debra. "Facts about the Mexican Walking Fish." eHow. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 • July 2011. <http://www.ehow.com/ • facts_5501290_mexican-walking-fish.html>.

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