[HN Gopher] Mexican ecologists start campaign to save axolotl
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       Mexican ecologists start campaign to save axolotl
        
       Author : adrian_mrd
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2023-11-27 20:24 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theguardian.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theguardian.com)
        
       | turtleyacht wrote:
       | The campaign link on The Guardian leads to merchandise. This link
       | presents a range of adoption plans (in English):
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       | https://www.ib.unam.mx/ib/unidades-investigacion/departament...
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       | As a side note, axolotl stuffed animals are available from Build
       | a Bear:
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       | https://www.buildabear.com/axolotl/029486.html
        
       | laxd wrote:
       | Shout out to minecraft/mojang who got on the case of creating
       | awareness three years ago. I shure there's many like me that
       | would not know what an axolotl is otherwise.
        
         | tstrimple wrote:
         | My family has taken a trip to visit a particular zoo because we
         | knew it had axolotls and our girls fell in love with them in
         | Minecraft. There is a lot of attention on the negative aspects
         | of our digital lifestyles, but there are absolutely positives
         | as well.
        
       | mhb wrote:
       | How do you say its name?
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       | https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fo...
        
       | behnamoh wrote:
       | At first I thought the ecologists wanted to save the axolotl
       | library :)
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       | https://github.com/OpenAccess-AI-Collective/axolotl
        
       | falcolas wrote:
       | Axolotl's aren't just in Mexico, too!
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       | https://www.blm.gov/visit/axolotl-lakes
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       | I remember doing a report on them some 40 years ago after
       | visiting those lakes with my family. I wonder how those lakes are
       | doing now...
        
       | einpoklum wrote:
       | So they're starting the Bene Tleilax order then?
        
       | hydrok9 wrote:
       | as made famous by Mad magazine in the '50s
        
       | pvaldes wrote:
       | > Over its six-year term, the president Lopez Obrador will have
       | given 35% less money to the environment department than its
       | predecessor
       | 
       | Enough said
        
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