finally bit the reddit bullet for fish reasons and i don't regret it

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You guys don't know this, but there's a meme going on in Mexico about how our economy is going to collapse because no one wants to use their new fifty pesos bill because no one wants to let go of their axolotls

Look at that dude

love to follow veterinarian practices on facebook because every one in a while they’ll post a picture of something so bizarrely funny. this axolotl getting an x-ray just took me out

ive been getting a lot of people really worried for this axolotl so i thought i’d clarify: she’s fine. she’s moist on the puppy pad so she won’t dry out and the x ray only takes a few seconds. the x ray was because she had an internal gut blockage due to the wrong substrate being used. they took another x ray after giving her barium to determine where in the gut it was, but the barium lubricated her gut enough that she passed the blockage with no invasive surgery and she’s completely fine. here she is not-flattened

NOT FLATTENED 🎉🎉🎉

The axolotl is an amphibian which can be found in central Mexico. Its name relates it to Xolotl, Lord of Dual Things, twing and spirit animal of Quetzalcoatl. According to the Sacred Narrative, Xolotl refused to die after the first sunrise, when the Sun asked for the blood of the Teteo in sacrifice. He was chased by Death, and He transformed into various creatures to hide, but He was found when He was changing from a tadpole to a salamander. Then, Quetzalcoatl, His twin, sacrificed Him and offered His blood to the Sun. The axolotl was then created, an animal forever suspended in transformation from a tadpole to an adult salamander.

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