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Yesterday we had the opportunity to learn about the largest land-dwelling salamander, the Tiger Salamander.\u00a0 Today we are going to look at one of their close relatives, the Axolotls (pronounced ACK-suh-LAH-tuhl) which spends its adult life in the aquatic form. The Axolotl is one of the few salamanders that retains its larval features throughout their adult life.\u00a0 That’s right these adult salamanders actually keep their tadpole-like fin as well as their external gills.\u00a0\u00a0 Honestly, how cool is it that these little guys remain forever young?\u00a0 I guess I can’t really call them “little” since some individuals will grow up to <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4024],"tags":[1080,348,1078,1077,4025,1075,1079],"yoast_head":"\n
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