Watch this video ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/real-science-the-insane-biology-of-the-axolotl New streaming platform: https://watchnebula.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/realscience Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephaniesamma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stephaniesammann Credits: Narrator/Writer: Stephanie Sammann Editor: Dylan Hennessy (https://www.behance.net/dylanhennessy1) Illustrator/Animator: Kirtan Patel (https://kpatart.com/illustrations) Animator: Mike Ridolfi (https://www.moboxgraphics.com/) Sound: Graham Haerther (https://haerther.net/) Thumbnail: Simon Buckmaster (https://twitter.com/forgottentowel) Producer: Brian McManus (null) Imagery courtesy of Getty Images Additional Footage: UF Health IMP University of Kentucky Carnegie Embryology Music: Mutation by Max-h Wait and See by Tilman Sillescu Step into a New World by Tilman Sillescu Stream by ANBR Ground Control by ANBR Further by Caleb Etheridge Deer by ANBR References: [1] https://www.mexicolore.co.uk/aztecs/flora-and-fauna/axolotl [2] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/275663035_The_history_of_the_oldest_self-sustaining_laboratory_animal_150_years_of_axolotl_research_150_YEARS_OF_AXOLOTL_RESEARCH [3] https://ambystoma.uky.edu/genetic-stock-center/newsletters/Older_archive/Issues-13-23/archive/issue18/05-11shaffer.pdf [4] https://www.nature.com/articles/104435b0 [5] https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2018/regeneration-axolotl-can-teach-us-regrowing-human-limbs/ [6] https://qbi.uq.edu.au/brain-basics/brain-physiology/what-neurogenesis [7] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23327114/ [8] https://www.pnas.org/content/110/23/9415.short [9] https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0001227 [10] https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2013.13192 [11] https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-Xochimilco-axolotl-population-has-declined-dramatically-over-the-last-few-years_fig2_283766634 [12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Xochimilco [13] https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-017-05921-w [14] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/saving-axolotls/