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[-] SlothMama@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year 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.

[-] BennyInc@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

So would it be possible to make one grow up by giving them hormones? And what would it look like?

[-] ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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

[-] BennyInc@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

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

[-] lauha@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

How do they reproduce then?

[-] clubb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Simple. They don't have to be adults to reproduce. Wasn't there a pregnant 2 year old girl at some point?

[-] HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

Teeny tiny axolotl

There is really not a lotl

Of you. Not a jot or tittle

So I'll call you axolitl

[-] Roundcat@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] veloxization@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] Roundcat@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

So that's where the pokemon name comes from

[-] rigatti@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year 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.

[-] Suoko@feddit.it 0 points 1 year ago

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

[-] baruchin@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Ambystoma mexicanum. Well known and loved in Mexico.

[-] Kyoyeou@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

They forgot to add that the creature is incredibly cute

[-] Fuck_u_spez_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] OskarAxolotl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

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

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