| Archive for scabies.myfreeforum.org Southern California Arachnid, Bug, Invertebrate, Entomological Society |
| Celeste |
Animal Odditieshttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/...ndex=1&page=9&start=falsehttp://abcnews.go.com/Technology/...dex=1&page=20&start=false we need to start breeding these in captivity: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/...dex=1&page=23&start=false |
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| cacoseraph |
the first one is crazy! i did not know about such things... awesome!
i have always loved axlotls. i REALLY wanted one for years when i was a kid. |
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| balam |
I still really want one  I had posted something on wanting to keep them way back when I first joined the forum. I think Francisco was interested as well. Unfortunately I don't have the space to be able to care for them properly..
They are gorgeous animals, and unfortunately I am shamed to say that officials in Mexico are doing little to protect their habitat. The sewers that empty in Lago Chapultepec along with the fish farms have put them in great risk. Celeste, if anyone on the board gets some and wants to breed them I would be really interested in helping out
we should also try breeding that sea worm 
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| Celeste |
OMG! Check out this "Dragon Millipede":
http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/.../press/2008/WWFPresitem10990.html |
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| Celeste |
I bet that sea worm is one of those things you don't have to "breed", you just chop up into little segments and each segment regenerates into a whole new animal! ;-) | ||
| Celeste |
I seem to recall someone advertising some for sale not too long ago... I didn't buy any because I figured they would be labor-intensive to keep properly, and I have NO time as it is... Francisco: do you recall that ad [for axolytls]? |
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| balam |
the worm regenerating? Like a tape worm? I think that is due to undifferentiated cells, they just kind of turn into whatever cells they have to be, some sea stars do the same. | ||
| ftorres |
Hello,
Oscar, Ambystoma mexicanus does not happen in Lake Chapultepec, but in Lake Xochimilco. Authorities are doing some labor to protect them but the majority of the work is done by other agencies that are not afiliated to the goverment. It is speculated that they will be extinct in 10 years or so, if more serious programs are develop in Lake Xochimilco to preserve bigger areas of the lake and also to teach the people leaving there that this are very unique an important anphibians. Rachel from the SFBATS had or has some, hopefully we can get some. They don't need too muchwork but they like it cool. that is the biggest problem in keeping an Axolotl. I have seen some that are flouresent. francisco |
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