So, you know, why I like the axolotl. - Why?

所以，你知道为什么我喜欢蝾螈吗？- 为什么？

I don't see many axolotls but axolotls are really cute.

我没见过很多美西螈，不过他们真的很可爱。

The axolotl is native only to Mexico.

蝾螈原产于墨西哥。

Today I'm here with my axolotl Monty.

今天我和我的美西螈蒙蒂在一起。

But Gual noted that 16 other kinds of axolotls also call Mexico home.

但瓜尔指出，其他16种蝾螈也以墨西哥为家。

I'm not saying I'm an axolotl expert.

我不是说我是蝾螈专家。

Looking a little long, and I have a little axolotl pneumonia.

看起来有点长，而且我得了小蝾螈肺炎。

This is what the inside of your axolotl look like.

这就是你的蝾螈体内的样子。

As the museum opened to its first visitors, the axolotl's popularity with the public was very clear.

随着该博物馆向第一批参观者开放，蝾螈在公众中的受欢迎程度是非常明显的。

Take Trimerorhachis, which looked like an overgrown axolotl.

以 Trimerorhachis 为例，它看起来像一只长得太大的蝾螈。

Let's take a look back at that adorable little axolotl with the findings of two recent studies.

让我们根据最近两项研究的结果来回顾一下那只可爱的小蝾螈。

This particular type of axolotl, a very close relative, is known as an achoque.

这种特殊类型的蝾螈，非常近亲，被称为无脊椎动物。

When I found out about axolotls, I was like, one, this looks like a Pokemon, and two is very unique.

当我发现美西螈的时候，我就想，第一，这看起来像口袋妖怪，第二，它很独特。

If interest grows, farmers could recover abandoned chinampas and support the local community— along with the axolotl.

如果兴趣增加，农民可以恢复废弃的 chinampas 并支持当地社区 - 以及蝾螈。

Unlike many other amphibians, which transform into terrestrial adults, axolotls retain their juvenile characteristics and never leave the water.

与许多其他变成陆生成年两栖动物不同，蝾螈保留了它们幼年的特征并且永远不会离开水。

But the lakes axolotls evolved in were unchanging year-round and didn't host many aquatic predators.

但是蝾螈进化的湖泊全年都没有变化，也没有很多水生食肉动物。

So, scientists think it was advantageous for axolotls to forgo the demands of metamorphosis.

因此，科学家认为蝾螈放弃变态的要求是有利的。

In Aztec tradition, a rebel god named Xolotl turned himself into an axolotl to hide and avoid being killed by his other gods.

在阿兹特克人的传统文化中，一位名叫索洛托的反叛神将自己变成了蝾螈，以躲避其他神的追杀。

If exposed to certain substances, axolotls will turn into adults.

如果暴露于某些物质，蝾螈会变成成虫。

The simplest explanation for this is that the axolotl lineage alone lost the ability to metamorphose, while others retained it.

最简单的解释就是只有美西螈家系失去了变形能力，而其他家系都保持着这种能力。