Title: Axolotls Author: harley
Introduction
Have you ever wondered what a fish would look like with legs? Well this amphibian named axolotl also known as mexican walking fish has four legs, gills, and a tail that has a similar look to a leaf.
Stage 1 axolotls starts life as an small egg laid by the female axolotls in freshwater. The small eggs have a dark spot which is named embryo. The axolotls start of with a size of a pea. The egg are laid on aquatic plant.
Stage 2 A few weeks later they hatch into larvae. now they have gill, did you know axolotls gill are feathery? They have a dorsal fin back so they can manoeuvre good. And they eat plankton now.
Stage 3 The axolotl is now around 3 month old. And the axolotl has internal backup lung so if the gill do not Work they and breath. And they can grow limbs back and frond, and about 10 centimeters long. axolotl now eats small fish and egg of axolotl.
Stage 4 now the axolotl is around 30 centimeters long. Now they eat worms, insects, and crustaceans crabs, shrimp, krill, barnacles, and little fish. The axolotl habitat is a bottom of lakes and ponds.
Conclusion the axolotl lives for around 12-15 years and here is a question:
What is another name for a axolotl?