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You could possibly look at Mavis and know in an instant, but I can't tell my Arthur's from my Marthur's with this species yet [/QUOTE]
Never mind, perhaps time will tell; meanwhile ‘she’ is a little beauty - so delicate and pretty. How big is she (approx)?
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Just noticed she/he has 2 arm 2 legs and 5 digits on each.
That's weird.
Devil in disguise,
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Originally Posted by
toothache
You could possibly look at Mavis and know in an instant, but I can't tell my Arthur's from my Marthur's with this species yet
Never mind, perhaps time will tell; meanwhile ‘she’ is a little beauty - so delicate and pretty. How big is she (approx)?[/QUOTE]
Thank you I must admit I think for such a strange little thing, she is exceptionally pretty and appealing. She is about 5 1/2 inches in length now, so still very young. She may also just be a little axi, I believe they can grow to anything from 6/7 inches right up to about one foot? She seems to grow a little in length, then fill out to match the length growth. I am delightfully surprised how quickly she has learned to recognise me, and if I show her the tweezers, she instantly goes in to the 'nose up' position because she knows I am about to feed her. I'm totally enchanted with the little soul
Originally Posted by
whiplash
Just noticed she/he has 2 arm 2 legs and 5 digits on each.
That's weird.
her little hands and feet are just adorable aren't they Whippy! She actually has five toes on each foot, but only four fingers to a hand, but yes, it is quite weird. The hands especially almost look like human baby hands I think.
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Her hands and feet are lovely; and her gills so pretty.
Do keep us posted with her news and photos!
I hope she has a long and happy life with you.
I understand that 10-15 years is the norm, unlike olms.
I was surprised when I googled to find out.
Straying from the point again - sorry.
“The blind salamander (Proteus anguinus), also known as the olm,
has the longest lifespan of any amphibian, often living to over 70 in zoos and with a predicted maximum age of over 100. It reaches sexual maturity during its fifteenth year and lays about 35 eggs every 12.5 years.”
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What an adorable little critter! I didn't know that axolotles could be so pretty. We used to have one in the biology lab at school, but he was an ugly thing... quite large and a dark brownish/black/green colour. Mavis, on the other hand, is quite a stunner
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