Axolotl, Endangered 'Water Monster,' Sighted In Mexico After Fears Of Disappearance
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Mexico's salamander-like axolotl apparently hasn't disappeared from its only known natural habitat in Mexico City's few remaining lakes.
Researchers say they have sighted, but not caught, two of the slippery little creatures during a second effort to find them.
A weekslong effort last year by researchers in skiffs trying to net axolotls in the shallow, muddy waters of Xochimilco lake found none, raising fears that they might only now survive in captivity.
But biologist Armando Tovar Garza of...