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Axolotl
Y ou are looking at one of the strangest animals on Earth.
It’s called an axolotl (ak-suh-lot-uhl). The name comes from
an old Aztec word meaning “water servant.” If you think it looks like
a weird tadpole, that’s because it is. Like frogs, axolotls
are amphibians, so they start life in water. But they
never change into adults! The frilly things on each
side of their head are gills, which they use to breathe.
Axolotls are rare in the wild. They only live in one lake
near Mexico City, Mexico. If they get hurt, they have an
amazing superpower—they can grow new body parts. They
can even replace a leg, eye, lung, tail, or part of a heart!
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