Eightenen Mexican Axolotls Released Into The Wild by Researchers Appear to Be Adapting Well. This is good news for the endangered salamander species. The Released Specimens Are Able to Find Enough Food On Their Own After Their Release.
The Mexican Axolotl Has A Distinctive Face With A Constant Smile. It is one of the most endangered animal species in the world. At its lowest point, only fifty specimens remained in the wild.
Researchers have released Eighten Animals in a Marsh Near Mexico City. The Environment Around That Metropolis was Heavily Polluted as More and More People Came To Live There In Recent Decades and Emissions Increased. The Eightenen Released axolotls Have Been Returned to a Protected and Restored Piece of Nature.
There, The Animals Managed to Survive and Find Food Themselves, The Researchers Write in The Scientific Journal Plos One . The Animals Even Managed To Gain Some Weight.
Lead Researcher Alejandra Ramos Tells BBC News of “A Great Result”. The Researchers Hope That Axolotls Will Possible Be Able to Survive in the Wild Again. These results give them a positive outlook.
“If we lose this species, we lose a part of our mexican identity,” One Researcher Told the British BroadCaster.