Axolotls Are In Danger. Here's Why That's Bad For YOU.

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Visit https://brilliant.org/scishow/ to get started with Brilliant’s tutor for free and get 20% off your annual premium subscription. One of the Internet's favorite creatures is the axolotl. With their fluffy pink gills and big eyes, there's no question these guys are cuties. But axolotls are in danger, both in captivity and in the wild. Here's the story of how they evolved, why researchers took notice, and what's at stake if we lose this endangered species. Hosted by: Tom Lum (he/him) *In this video, we used several images of domesticated axolotls while talking about wild axolotls. Unfortunately, we didn’t have access to many usable images of wild axolotls, which is why we used the domesticated ones. We want to acknowledge that they look very different! Corrections: 4:54 Sycle should be Cycle. 9:37 We should have said "cultivar" here, not species. ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Shaji John, Timos Gies, Jon Coffman, Anita, Anne Herrington, Ashley Moquin, yeyette, David Johnston, Cye Stoner, Jp Lynch, Bethany Matthews, Chris Curry, J.V. Rosenbalm, Blood Doctor Kelly, Toyas Dhake, Reed Spilmann, Eric Jensen, Garrett Galloway, Lyndsay Brown, Jeremy Mattern, Chris Mackey, Matt Curls, Friso, Jaap Westera, Jason A Saslow, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, Piya Shedden, Kevin Knupp, Joseph Ruf, Jacob Puthoff, Kevin Bealer, Steve Gums, Alex Hackman ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSLx4nFIQ0bpepo_zihrAq8BRopbqvsLBUXP_rdrcNrhkfg-gP3Rjk7yp75MlgNTJ_gzL2zifdvanF_/pub