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Mexican ecologists start campaign to save axolotl
- pvaldes 3y ago> Over its six-year term, the president López Obrador will have given 35% less money to the environment department than its predecessor Enough said
- einpoklum 3y agoSo they're starting the Bene Tleilax order then?
- hydrok9 3y agoas made famous by Mad magazine in the '50s
- laxd 3y agoShout out to minecraft/mojang who got on the case of creating awareness three years ago. I shure there's many like me that would not know what an axolotl is otherwise.
- tstrimple 3y agoMy family has taken a trip to visit a particular zoo because we knew it had axolotls and our girls fell in love with them in Minecraft. There is a lot of attention on the negative aspects of our digital lifestyles, but there are absolutely positives as well.
- turtleyacht 3y agoThe campaign link on The Guardian leads to merchandise. This link presents a range of adoption plans (in English): https://www.ib.unam.mx/ib/unidades-investigacion/departamento-de-zoologia/restauracion-ecologica/index.php https://www.ib.unam.mx/ib/unidades-investigacion/departament... As a side note, axolotl stuffed animals are available from Build a Bear: https://www.buildabear.com/axolotl/029486.html https://www.buildabear.com/axolotl/029486.html
- mhb 3y agoHow do you say its name? https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fopcatvmmrp271.jpg https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fo...
- behnamoh 3y agoAt first I thought the ecologists wanted to save the axolotl library :) https://github.com/OpenAccess-AI-Collective/axolotl https://github.com/OpenAccess-AI-Collective/axolotl
- falcolas 3y agoAxolotl's aren't just in Mexico, too! https://www.blm.gov/visit/axolotl-lakes https://www.blm.gov/visit/axolotl-lakes I remember doing a report on them some 40 years ago after visiting those lakes with my family. I wonder how those lakes are doing now...