Axolotl

The axolotl is the salamander that never grows up: it keeps its feathery external gills and finned tail for its whole life, which gives it that permanent baby face. This figurine captures the wide head, the little smile and the six frilly gills that made the "Mexican walking fish" an icon of Mexico City. About the axolotl Ambystoma mexicanum was described by Shaw & Nodder in 1798 and is native to Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco in the Valley of Mexico. It is neotenic: it reaches sexual maturity…

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