UM-Bot Posted February 24, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Researchers have identified two of the highly endangered creatures living in the lakes of Mexico City. Having come up empty following an extensive search for signs of wild axolotls last year, experts were ecstatic when they managed to find two of them living in the lakes and canals of the Mexican capital. Read More: http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/262847/endangered-axolotl-found-living-in-the-wild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junior Chubb Posted February 24, 2014 #2 Share Posted February 24, 2014 (edited) I did not realise they had become so rare. I love these crazy looking guys, they're family. Edited February 24, 2014 by Junior Chubb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sundew Posted February 25, 2014 #3 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I did not realise they had become so rare. I love these crazy looking guys, they're family. The albino form is not uncommon in pet shops in the U.S., so they must be relatively easy to breed in captivity. Mexico should either capture the few wild ones and start a breeding program, or use ones from the pet trade (assuming the non-albino ones are available) and simply replenish the wild populations. This is sort of standard operation procedure in rare animals, capture them, work out a breeding program, try to find a pristine habitat OR try to "fix" a less-than-ideal habitat and then return a portion of the captive born animals to the wild. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted February 25, 2014 #4 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Just goes to show you that nature will find a way. No matter what we as a race(human) do to ravage our one and only home, nature will fight back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojohand Posted February 25, 2014 #5 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Global warming will wipe them out anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralaman Posted February 26, 2014 #6 Share Posted February 26, 2014 The surprise here isn't that they survived this long...its the fact that they survived in Mexican water for this long. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheChosenOne13 Posted February 27, 2014 #7 Share Posted February 27, 2014 wow.. I really fancy these extinct creatures, too bad the dirty environment is killing them, I agree with Azznerak the black. why did they survive the lakes of mexico of all places? (really makes me think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted February 27, 2014 #8 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Global warming will wipe them out anyway... should of died out like 60 million years ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranomali Posted February 28, 2014 #9 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Yea I've seen black ones in pet stores here in Australia. Funky little things Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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