Have you seen a legged fish? Which fish have legs? But wonder you will get the answer in Mexico. The animal in question is axolotl. Most people recognize it as a unique exotic water salamander fish. This cute animal is sometimes referred to as 'Mexican Walking Fish' because it looks like a fish that has hands and feet. The axolotl name is taken from the Aztec language meaning water dog. Axolotl is still cousin close to the tiger salamander. Uniquely, these animals mimamorphose only when in a forced state, for example if the place where they live the water source dries up, then the axolotl can bermetarmorfosis to the anatomy of the body that supports axolotl life on land and if there is water then the axolotl can return to its original form.
Unique Fish. Appearance of animals named latin Ambystoma mexicanum is indeed very unique. His body looks like a lizard but is finned. On the right and left side of his head there are three strands of gills complete with tassels. Unlike fish gills that have a lid, this 'fish' gill is sticking out. The albino-colored body is not scaly, so the wrinkles are clearly visible when he is shaking while swimming. Because so strange appearance, he was crowned as a strange fish and the price was quite high.
In addition to unique fizzy, axolotl also has the ability to regenerate lost body parts, including some parts of the head. In the wild, he is often biting his tail or his hands by his fellow man or by a larger fish, not to mention the ends of the axolotl's fragile body, so easily broken. but great, tail or hand can grow again. It can grow on its own due to the stem cell that will multiply when there is a missing network. The resulting cell division then fills in the missing network spot. Scientists aspire to work on the same thing in human cells, so that later we can cure people with disabilities.
Axolotl includes long-life salamanders, Axolotl can live 10 to 15 years and can grow up to 60cm long. Once jug caught a giant Axolotl in the interior Mexico which measuring up to 1.4 meters, but after a thorough axolotl found that it is an abnormal axolotl who suffer from gigantism. Morphology. The length of axolotl can reach 30 cm, but the average size is only 15 cm. Their body color is black or yellowish brown and some also have albino genes with a cute color such as pink. This unique animal has gills that are outside the body. This gill appears to be beside his head so that at first glance looks like a horn.
Axolotl has four fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot. In contrast to salamanders and other amphibians undergoing metamorphosis, axolotl does not change skin. Axolotl colors are usually dark brown with white spots. There is also an albino. Axolotl albino has red or gray gills. In albino axolotl, bones can be seen under the skin Habitat.
Axolotl always lives in water and likes to eat small fish, worms and larvae. These animals sometimes appear on the surface of the water. But there are some axolotls that are getting older and getting bigger never want to appear on the surface of the water and just stay at the bottom of the lake for the rest of their lives. This type of Salamander is a salamander that is classified in a dangerous salamander, because it can spray the poison from its mouth, but if its poison glands are removed properly then this animal can be made funny pet.
The Feeds Are Worms. Walking fish are kept in freshwater aquariums while still in the form of 'baby' salamander. When grown, it is inserted in the terrerrium. It requires 'old' water, at least deposited for 24 hours, "said one of Petshop's employees, and he advised not to mix the salamanders with each other in one place. Because, they will tear and bite each other's tail and gill so that it causes injury. However, they can also be mixed as long as the aquarium is large.
The feed for this unique animal is quite easy. Everyday enough to be given a live red worm once a day. During life in the aquarium occasionally encountered salamanders are attacked by fungi. To treat it, simply quarantine it in its own aquarium. In that special place, he was treated with Fish Fit Gold in accordance with the dose.
Endangered. The axolotl population is threatened with extinction due to the development carried out on the lake where they live to prevent seasonal flooding, so the amount of water in the lake shrinks and its habitat is disrupted. The amount of axolotl in nature is unknown. But the total population is expected to decline from about 1,500 per square mile in 1998 to just 25 per square mile in 2011. This is based on Zambrano scientists who use the mesh device. The long-standing International Union for Conservation of Nature includes axolotl in its annual Red List as endangered. They say this animal could be completely destroyed in five years.
