Axolotls are amazing, but they are most famous for their iconic superhuman ability: the ability to regrow their own body parts.

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Different than the norm

Axolotls are a species of salamander, and resemble them in shape. But something not seen in other salamanders, is that axolotls have stunning bristles on either side of their heads; giving them their signature flare.

Axolotls come in many colours, such as white, and all the way up to brown.

Unlike other salamanders, axolotls only have gills, and are not capable of surviving on land. Surprisingly, the bristles on the two sides of their heads function as their gills.

Diet, and a vacuum cleaner?

A vacuum cleaner, and an axolotl: what are the similarities?

Axolotls quite literally ‘suck in’ their food, similar to how vacuum cleaners suck in dust or dirt. This happens extremely fast, so the prey has almost no time to react.

Axolotls are carnivores, and will eat any small animal they can find. (Read more on Wikipedia)

The extraordinary ability to regrow limbs

Axolotls have been studied vigorously for centuries because of their extraordinary ability to regrow limbs (parts of their body).

Axolotls can regrow almost any part of their body, such as:

Hands
Feet
Parts of their heart
Eyes
Less-dependent parts of their brain

After many years of research, scientists are still trying to find out how we can possible modify ourselves so we can regrow parts of our body, like axolotls can.

Quoted from mpg.de (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft):

“So far, the axolotl genome had evaded a complete assembly, due to its sheer size: at 32 billion base pairs, it is more than ten times larger than the human genome.”

Read more from here: https://www.mpg.de/11886639/decoding-the-axolotl-genome

The scale of axolotls’ genome is hard to comprehend, and this new discovery is a step forward for science.

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