November 20

Axolotl The Underwater Salamander -Week 7 Blog Challenge

About the Axolotl

The Axolotl( Ax-oh-lot-ul) is a kind of Mexican salamander, but unlike a normal salamander the Axolotl stays underwater for its entire life. They can be up to 12 inches, and the male Axolotl weighs 125-130 grams while females can weigh 170-180 grams.They are closely related to the tiger salamander.

Characteristics

The Axolotl color can be black, molted brown, albino (Has no pigment in it), or white. The Axolotl does have lungs, but it breaths with its gill and through its skin. They remain in their larva form for their whole life. They eat tadpoles, soft insects, worms, or small fish like minnows. Also if they lose a leg it will grow completely back. They can heal almost any part of their body including their heart, liver, and kidney. They can live up to 10-15 years old.

Health problems

They are pretty healthy animals. Some things that can kill them is stress, a deficiency in nutrients, parasites, people, and infection. Things they can’t die from are heart failure, liver failure, and kidney failure.

dolanh via Compfight

Sites I used

http://www.softschools.com/facts/animals/axolotl_facts/256/

http://www.axolotl.org/

classroom.google.com/c/MjA3NDQ5NDZa

http://www.abc.net.au/creaturefeatures/facts/axolotl.htm

http://axolotlcareguide.weebly.com/diseases.html

Posted November 20, 2015 by Sarah in category Uncategorized

7 thoughts on “Axolotl The Underwater Salamander -Week 7 Blog Challenge”

Miss W November 21, 2015 at 10:38 pm

Well written Sarah,
I learnt a lot about axolotls from reading your post and watching the video. Thanks for also including the links.

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zookpe9 November 24, 2015 at 4:16 pm

Pretty nice post Sarah, and nice video. But I wish you could tell me why they are called the Axolot. And I wonder why they can’t die from, heart failure ?

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davis934 (Post author) December 1, 2015 at 4:32 pm

Because they can regenerate their heart.

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Penelope November 25, 2015 at 2:46 am

Hi Sarah,
I found that information very interesting. It was nice to see the Axolotl grow up into an adult. What do you like to do most?

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davis934 (Post author) December 2, 2015 at 3:54 pm

What I like to do most is play with my dog and my cat. I wonder what is your blog url

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brammkr9 December 4, 2015 at 3:51 pm

Hi Sarah,
I really like the information, and I like your video too. I wish you would have put information on why they live underwater, and why they stay in the same shape as they were when they were babies. I wonder why there was no information about those two things.

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