by janalsncm
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- Indeed, most axolotls in Wales are Welsh axolotls.
But I do wonder how many do live in Wales. If it’s not just an abandoned pet that would be really interesting.
- Amazing to see all of the things kids have been finding these days!
Middle schooler finds coin from Troy in Berlin
https://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/75848
‘It Had Teeth’: A 3-Year-Old Discovers Ancient Treasure in Israel
While on a hike with her family, a child stumbled across a 3,800-year-old Egyptian amulet. It will go on display in an upcoming exhibition.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/world/middleeast/child-an...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders' kids scream with excitement after finding 2,000-year-old coins in West Bank cave
https://www.foxnews.com/travel/sarah-huckabee-sanders-kids-s...
by pidgeon_lover
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- > "This is a quite a unique situation, and I think the young female has a keen eye to actually spot it," [Chris Newman, director of the National Centre for Reptile Welfare, said]
What an odd thing to say.
- Sooo, if they are/were popular as pets, how come there's less than 1000 left worldwide? Those two facts don't reconcile for me.
by beeandapenguin
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- Fun fact: Axolotl have the largest animal genome ever sequenced with ~32b base pairs, 10x more than humans.
- It amazes me she chanced upon it at the right time and even knew exactly what it was.
- I don’t know how they know it’s an axolotl and not a newt larva. If it’s the latter it’ll be very jarring when it changes forms later
by pinkmuffinere
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- > I've been telling Evie all this time that those creatures she watches on YouTube, they're not real.
This is a really strange side comment, lol. I guess the mom doesn’t believe in some animals?
by nilslindemann
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- Even if you are an endangered species, humans wont leave you alone.
by standwportugul
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- The BBC paywall for US users is really a bummer
by fortran77
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- Why did she name him Dippy and not a proper Welsh name like "Cadwaladr" or "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch?"
by shevy-java
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- Imagine if it were the other way around:
Mexican axolotl, 10, finds rare Girl under Welsh bridge.
by analog8374
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- well good thing she was 10
- Imagine axolotl husband now cries of missing wife.
by beeforpork
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- And dont you pronounce that 'x' as 'ks'! It's pronounced as 'sh'! Just like in 'xocolatl'.
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by poolnoodle
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- Why not leave it in the wild? Now the poor thing has to stare at the inside of a bucket for the rest of its life.
- These damn mexican immigrants are everywhere! Just kidding. I love you mexican folks, just couldn't miss the joke
- This is so unlikely to happen. There is a good chance that they are not as rare as we currently think, at least in that particular area.
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