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suoko to Mildly [email protected] • 2 years ago

Axolotl: This Incredible Creature Can Regenerate Its Brain, Heart, And Limbs

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Axolotl: This Incredible Creature Can Regenerate Its Brain, Heart, And Limbs

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suoko to Mildly [email protected] • 2 years ago
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*Editor's note: Dr. James Godwin is now a research scientist at MDI Biological Laboratory.* The story begins with the Aztec God of death and lightning, the Xolotl. As legends have it, he was a monstrous dog that guarded the sun god and ushered souls to the underworld every night. One day, as Gods began sacrificing each other for the newly created sun, Xolotl, a master transformer, managed to escape death by turning himself into a salamander. And that creature came to be known as the axolotl. Tech Insider tells you all you need to know about tech: gadgets, how-to's, gaming, science, digital culture, and more. Subscribe to our channel and visit us at: http://www.businessinsider.com/sai TI on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/techinsider TI on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech_insider/ TI on Twitter: https://twitter.com/techinsider
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  • @[email protected]
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    21•2 years ago

    It’s because they’re all juvenile though. They actually don’t produce a hormone needed for proper growth and that’s why they look the way they do. They are supposed to go through another stage of growth, and their appearance and existence is because of a genetic birth defect.

    • @[email protected]
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      So would it be possible to make one grow up by giving them hormones? And what would it look like?

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        Removed by mod

      • ChihuahuaOfDoom
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        8•2 years ago

        They can force them to change with a shot of iodine and they apparently look like Tiger Salamanders.

        https://gizmodo.com/scientists-show-that-peter-pan-grows-up-with-a-shot-of-5826750

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          6•2 years ago

          Interesting. But whoever wrote the article should have gone for pictures 😁

    • aname
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      8•2 years ago

      How do they reproduce then?

      • @[email protected]
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        Simple. They don’t have to be adults to reproduce. Wasn’t there a pregnant 2 year old girl at some point?

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    15•2 years ago

    I found out the Japanese name for these are “Oopa Loopa” ❤️❤️❤️

    • Veloxization
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      ウーパールーパー (ūpārūpā), comes from the English wooper looper. c:

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        4•2 years ago

        So that’s where the pokemon name comes from

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    13•2 years ago

    Teeny tiny axolotl

    There is really not a lotl

    Of you. Not a jot or tittle

    So I’ll call you axolitl

  • @[email protected]
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    9•2 years ago

    Ambystoma mexicanum. Well known and loved in Mexico.

  • rigatti
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    8•2 years ago

    Really cool, but I feel bad for the little guys that are living in tanks and probably getting their limbs cut off for us to study.

    • suokoOP
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      0•2 years ago

      They’re very nice to see, I’d breed them for domestic use only.

  • Kyoyeou (Ki jəʊ juː)
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    5•2 years ago

    They forgot to add that the creature is incredibly cute

  • @[email protected]
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    4•2 years ago

    But can you bisect one down the midline and end up with two?

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      3•2 years ago

      They can only regenerate certain parts of their brain. So unfortunately, no.

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