#achoque

The axolotl is an amphibian with incredible regenerative abilities. It lives in only one place outside captivity: the waters of Lake Xochimilco, in Mexico City. Now, a team of scientists is working to secure its future by looking to its past. Working with local farmers, they’re reconstructing a system of chinampas, or island gardens, pioneered by the Aztecs — to restore the axolotl’s habitat. A few hours’ drive to the west, another team is working to save a closely related salamander species by teaming up with Dominican nuns who have raised the creatures in captivity for well over a century. The unusual alliances show that saving species can be as much about culture and heritage as it is about science.

He's an Ambystoma dumerili while the axolotl is an Ambystoma mexicanum.

#axolotl Al gran axolotl poco le ha valido su origen divino, pues el número de individuos en su hábitat natural ha disminuido drásticamente. Hasta parecería que su naturaleza neoténica o su potencial de regeneración podrían figurar un esfuerzo del axolotl para tratar de escapar a la muerte que, en forma de extinción, se cierne sobre él, y que las múltiples formas de escribir su nombre (axolotl, ajolote, acholote, m achoque, etcétera) con sus variadas traducciones (perro de agua, mons- truo de agua, o payaso de agua, entre otros), además de las diferentes representaciones que ha inspirado, son un esfuerzo por mantenerse en la memoria y la conciencia popular del pueblo mexicano. #ajolote #achoque #monstruodeagua #ajolotito #díadelajolote #biología #biology #FCB https://www.instagram.com/p/CZcwtLTO3Us/?utm_medium=tumblr

What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology | Victoria Gill Source | YouTube | TED To save the achoque -- an exotic (and adorable) salamander found in a lake in northern Mexico -- scientists teamed up with an unexpected research partner: a group of nuns called the Sisters of the Immaculate Health. In this delightful talk, science journalist Victoria Gill shares the story of how this unusual collaboration saved the achoque from extinction -- and demonstrates how local and indigenous people could hold the secret to saving our planet's weird, wonderful and most threatened species https://human-engineers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HR-V2-4.jpg https://human-engineers.com/what-a-nun-can-teach-a-scientist-about-ecology-victoria-gill/?feed_id=9609&_unique_id=60d9b223e2a63 https://human-engineers.com/what-a-nun-can-teach-a-scientist-about-ecology-victoria-gill/?feed_id=9609&_unique_id=60d9b223e2a63

What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology | Victoria Gill Source | YouTube | TED To save the achoque -- an exotic (and adorable) salamander found in a lake in northern Mexico -- scientists teamed up with an unexpected research partner: a group of nuns called the Sisters of the Immaculate Health. In this delightful talk, science journalist Victoria Gill shares the story of how this unusual collaboration saved the achoque from extinction -- and demonstrates how local and indigenous people could hold the secret to saving our planet's weird, wonderful and most threatened species https://humanengineers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/HR-V2-4.jpg https://humanengineers.com/what-a-nun-can-teach-a-scientist-about-ecology-victoria-gill/?feed_id=9698&_unique_id=60d9ae80de84c https://humanengineers.com/what-a-nun-can-teach-a-scientist-about-ecology-victoria-gill/?feed_id=9698&_unique_id=60d9ae80de84c

What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology | Victoria Gill Source | YouTube | TED To save the achoque -- an exotic (and adorable) salamander found in a lake in northern Mexico -- scientists teamed up with an unexpected research partner: a group of nuns called the Sisters of the Immaculate Health.