The axolotl salamander, or Mexican walking fish, is in danger of being wiped out as a species in the near future.
Why should this concern nerds such as ourselves? Just look at this fascinating creature.
Look me in the eye and tell me that isn’t a mudkip.
I heard you like mudkips … if truly like mudkips, no, love mudkips, have a heart, man.
The axolotl, or ambystoma mexicanum, is native to central Mexico, specifically around Mexico City.
Some scientists speculate their numbers are dwindling due to lake drainages and water pollution.
Furthermore, other non-native species, such as the Asian carp and the African tilapia, which have been introduced into the region, eat the young axolotls who have not developed a formidable defense against these foreign predators.
A curious fact about these pokemon-like creatures is that their trainer, Mother-Freaking-Nature herself, mashes life’s B-button, keeping these mudkips from ever “evolving,” or metamorphosizing, as many of their salamander brethren do.
Something must be done soon, or these real-life pokemon will be no more. They won’t just faint, they’ll be fucking dead.
[Axolotl picture via treehugger.com]
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