With utmost respect, tourists visiting the lake solely to try and find axolotls is a part of the problem. So many people flocking to an already polluted lake and going through the waters to find wild axolotls is disrupting the ecosystem more and more. No fault of yours for going on the tour, but i really wish these sorts of tours wouldnt be offered in the first place :(
@@maxpro751 I agree, I know a lot of people from Xochimilco and a lot of families depend on tourism, however that doesn’t give tourists the right to do whatever they want, that lake is really important to Mexicans and so are axolotls, they are even in the 50 peso bill, that’s how representative to the country they are. A lot of tourists are disrespectful and think they are superior to the locals because they have another passport and more money (I’m not saying the girl in the video is like that, I don’t know her)
With utmost respect, tourists are like 1% of the problem, 99% of the problem are the people are part of the land and are responsible for taking care of it.
didn't ask don't care, the problem is local individuals and government don't take care of the lake, it's not a numbers issue, its literally just not taken care of well enough. Stop blaming tourists for issues that are caused by locals not taking care of their rivers, even if it was somehow caused by tourists (which it isn't), who keeps trying to sell things like boat rides to tourists? I don't think the tourists are the ones attracting tourists.
ok please chill, like atleast she pointed it out. So she's not stupid. It obv raised awareness around pollution. I understand it sucks, all of the tourism and other things, but she didn't pollute the lake.
@@moetorres7913 ever heard the statement "we don't need more good people, we need to be good people" yeah. This is that. But she's obviously lazy and uncaring
True but honestly I don’t see it happening anytime soon they’ve got their hands full with government/police corruption, drugs cartels, gangs, and not to mention all the interpersonal crimes that go either unreported (due to lack of trust in law enforcement) or unpunished when reported. I should know my mom’s side of the family lives in one of the most dangerous and crime ridden areas. I was actually almost kidnapped there once a whole 20 ft from my grandma’s house and in full view of the front door.
There not in this lake I watched another video they are in another lake being protected by the government but Mexico is a 3rd world country so who knows they may already be gone. But the same thing happed with hamsters now there's millions they just are pets now
"So we went to seach for them. Saw trash. .." i really thought she was going to say "so we decided to clean up as much as we could and donate to the local efforts to save their environmant."
Or at least "so we picked up any we saw on our way and threw it into dumpsters" Especially if you've already picked it up, putting it back is WORSE than littering in the first place imo
@@waffleaffle231 It's like saying: "There's a problem, I've seen it, I've recognised the cause, and I'm going to do nothing about it." Like I get that she wasn't packed for litter picking today but she could've found a charity that looks at that issue and at least given it a mention. We are going to kill off that species and there's less than 1000 of them left, and she brings up trash in the water then proceeds to do absolutely nothing about it. This is part of the reason that they're dying.
It baffles me how in other countries they are such a common pet u can get in any pet store, and they are extremely endagered, its like going to Petco and getting a white tiger, like what??
They are often times captive. So my axolotl was born in captivity so I’m not going and taking her from the natural environment because she was bred. So even if I did want to release her in Mexico I couldn’t because she was born and lived in captivity.
The pet ones aren’t from the wild anymore they’ve established captive breeders so the pet trade isn’t impacting the wild population anymore it’s all habitat destruction
Captive bred axolotls are hybrids. It’s not strictly because they’re captive bred that they can’t be released-they’re literally hybridized with tiger salamanders.
you value them so you aren't allowed to look at them? it's not gonna kill it lil bro, it's gonna die from all the pollution that the locals and government let sit there, not somebody's retinas looking at it too hard
@@yasone7873I get what your saying, but the number of people trampling through the habitat is making the situation worse A lot of those ppl are there for the great axy hunt It’s not about their retinas, it’s about their boots, pollution from their boats and all the trash they leave behind etc These ppl didn’t get too far it seems which is good but it encourages others to go too Just leave the habitat alone and go to a store to see them
@@elizabethmichels8250 didn't ask don't care mf read my comment again, it is the job of the local government and the local community to work together to care for their environment, and advocate against tourism. It's not tourists bringing other tourists there, it's the fucking tour guides that are being offered by who?? LOCALS, because guess what, if there weren't tour guides, 90% of the people wouldn't go, 90% of the people wouldn't post online, and more people wouldn't be incentivised to go. Pipe down and learn where to point you blame.
I see a lot of people saying that they have seen axolotls elsewhere in the wild in bodies of freshwater. Just to inform those people, you are probably seeing the larval form of other species of salamanders. The thing is, all salamanders look like axolotls as babies. It's just that the axolotl stays in their larval form even into maturation.
@@mindyflicker3524every salamanders starts off looking like an axolotl. The reason axolotls are so special is because, they stay in the larva stage (being fully aquatic) forever. I’m sure the ones you are seeing are tiger sals. They are native to California.
Everyone complaining that they've already seen videos about this - GOOD. This is a dire situation that needs to be boosted and addressed before axltotls go extinct in the wild. We need MORE videos about this and how to help.
But multiple videos like this one(tourist destination) is not a good thing! More people = more stress for the wee buggers Not to mention how many tourists leave their rubbish behind and cause issues Videos like these are only encouraging people to go there
@@Eros.n.pippinsnot really, this video isn’t telling us to go there. In fact, the video even teaches us what is helping cause the Axolotl’s extinction. Videos like these help teach people like myself about axolotls and the problems they’re facing in their natural habitats. The video even goes over the protection efforts in place to help the axolotls. If this was a video that said “oh go here for axolotls” then yea it’d make sense. But this just sounds like virtue signaling lol
So fun fact: Yes, Xochimilco is the only place you could find them, but the primary reason they’re dying out is Tilapias and the boats aren’t helping. Tilapias were introduced because Xochimilco basically wanted more fishing tourism, and they get big enough to swallow the axolotls whole, additionally, axolotls are ambush predators and just hang out while it happens. Also, they’re not frogs, they breathe through gills and they actually have functional lungs. Their gills are the little branches on their head, which is why they are red, and they have lungs because they’re basically salamanders you evolved to never fully metamorphose to land creatures, but they still grow all the organs they might need.
Im glad that many other endangered species who, let me remind you, are endangered BECAUSE of people are much harder to get to. Axolotls are endangered due to pollution, because they are a salamander species and thus are VERY sensitive to pollution, rising temps, and lower temps. Please never try to go find this species, or any endangered species. Unless you are *SAFELY* with a guide, trained professional and dont show exactly where you are going. I love spreading news on endangered species, but there are correct and incorrect ways to do this. This is an incorrect one. Going to find endangered species can be dangerous for yourself and the animals, if you possibly mess something up in their environment even while trying to help then you could possibly cause more harm than good. While axolotls are kept alive because of humans and thus wont go fully extinct if they all die in the wild you must remember that WE are the reason they have been dying in the wild. We took over their homes, put trash in their water ways, and, when they were easier to find, took many from the wild. While humans can be a key to keeping species alive and not extinct, we often are the reason they started to go extinct in the first place. I dont really expect people to read this far down but ill leave some info about what can happen when species fully go extinct in some places. Every animal in an ecosystem is important to that ecosystem in some way, some animals are predators, some are prey, some help spread trees and other plant, and some help indicate that an environment is healthy and thriving. Ill use the example from Yellowstone. During 1926, all of the wolves in Yellowstone National Park were hunted from the area. Due to the lack of predators, the prey animals, like Elk, flourished, but not for long. They quickly began to consume all of the plants in the area, not leaving any for other species like beavers, deer, and other herbivores. The beavers could no longer make dams because all the young trees they would normally use had been eaten or destroyed, and as time went on, the Elk started to live longer and longer, and started to gain illness and disease that would pass on (Normally an ill Elk would be first to be hunted by wolves, thus helping the herbs stay healthy). All of this happened from a SINGLE species going extinct in that location. Eventually the wolves were reintroduced in 1995 and have made their recovery from then on, but the area and animal populations are still recovering. While the disappearance of axolotls MIGHT not cause this extreme of a change, them being extinct in the wild means we have failed our fellow species, as axolotls are indicator species meaning with none there that the waters are heavily polluted. Take care of our earth, some stupid shit we do could be the ending of an entire environment, and the ending of nature as we know it, and we would have no one to blame but ourselves.
Besides the pollution, the first cause of their low wild population is because in the 60's-70's carps were introduced to the lake as a way for the population of the zone to have a source of alimentation (sorry not my native language), and the carps over poblated the lake hoarding the food resources for all the species in the lake, and eating the eggs of axolotls.
Actually axolotls being endangered isn't from collection from the wild. The domestic axolotls in pet stores are from less than 200 taken from the wild in the mid-1800s. Just an interesting factoid. 🙂
very well written - I'm hoping (as someone that works at Claire's where so much of our stuff rn is axolotl themed, the kids seem to love it) kids will see how cute they are, esp since they're very popular rn, hear about how they're endangered and want to learn more about protecting them and what's best to help them out. I know we can't do much, but any bit helps :)
great comment, but it's not we, alright buddy. it's specifically the locals who introduced an invasive predator to their environment and did as much as possible to bring tourists in. It is never the tourists job to consider the environmental impact they're having on their vacation, it's the job of the locals and their government to ensure that the environment is maintained properly either with proper care or proper restrictions, if not both. I live in a tourist town, so I fucking know. I hate how environmentalists play this stupid game where "we did this to the environment, it's our fault" when there is obviously a very specific set of people at fault, and you're just trying to say shit to make everybody feel like they should be helping. It's fucking insufferable, and if your cause is worth helping in somebody's opinion, you won't have to guilt trip them into caring, they just will. It's why I'll never support causes like these, because the people behind them are just annoying and insufferable, and refuse to point the blame where it should be pointed because that would mean they can't try to guilt trip random people with no association into helping.
@yasone7873 "It is never the tourists job to care about the environment they are visiting" is an insane quote, spoken like a true American. I hope you are aware lake Xochimilco is not the only place where Axolotls were common in, many other places include local rivers and lakes that were polluted in great deal due to foreign enterprises exporting their labour for cheaper prices and less regulations. Foreign enterprises that got to do as they wish due in great deal to American and Western interventionism. Thankfully not as violent as in other Latin American countries, but funding murderous neoliberal political parties, electoral fraud and spending millions in political propaganda to suit the interests of corporate America surely has had a big impact in the Mexican ecosystem. Or is it also somehow the fault of random empoverished locals that majority of sweet water in Mexico is owed by Coca Cola and their blood money? Tourism does not exist in a Vacuum under our geopolitical regime. Painting toruists as innocent bystanders is HILARIOUS. Who owes the majority of Hotels and Resorts that are one of the biggest sources of Pollution, not only in Mexico but other Global South countries? Mostly westerners, who only got the permission to do so by funding corrupt and neoliberal politicians and selling arms to Cartels or straight up starting occupations and wars, in the name of democracy and an "open market" ❤ Maybe you can cry and sob about how innocent tourists are when the west stops spending millions in sex tourism and funding entire industries of child sex trafficking in former colonies.
@@RubenRodriguez-m6nSame with pandas. Pandas are only alive because of zoos because humans want them around. If it weren’t for zoos pandas would be extinct by now.
@@HUZZAH-4Life in my OPINION pandas are basically only for zoos rn they dont even know how to reproduce and have to watch panda corn to reproduce and are basically dumbasses
@@HUZZAH-4Life the reason many endangered animals are being kept alive is due to captivity and conservation. It’s a good thing for some animals too, especially sense humans are the cause of most endangered animals getting on the list. We need to keep them alive because they’re an important part of the ecosystem. Ex: wolves being hunted to almost extinction in Yellowstone left a horrible tragedy behind, overpopulation of elk, lack of grazing grounds, coyote overpopulation, etc. so to fix their mistakes they reintroduced wolves.
Axolotls are my favorite animal. It makes me sad that they are so endangered but i am so glad they exist. I have a plushie axolotl that helps me sleep. I love them so much.
This looks ripped off because the other day this fish guy got me interested in his videos and this looks a lot like even the beer bottle at the beginning
We went their as a mexican we visit often, we loved them so much that we came back to america and bought 2 now having a great home. We bought them from a local aquatic pet shop NOT FROM THE WILD ITS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THEM!
At my school, in Agriscience, we actually have an Axolotl.Sadly, the owners smoked and the water was polluted with smoke.Our teacher brought the Axolotl to a better place but is still a bit unhealthy.
That means absolutely nothing. They still have their roles to fill in their ecosystem. Captive-raised animals are less likely to survive in the wild the longer they’re in captivity. If they go functionally extinct in the wild, it’ll be very difficult to reestablish a wild population later. Not to mention that captive-raised axolotls aren’t used to the same water as wild ones, and depending on how long that lineage of axolotl has been raised in captivity, their resistance to disease will be variable, but low.
"The only place where axolotls can be found". That is misleading. The species you mean here is *_Ambiystoma mexicanum_* the most popular one, and according to the IUCN, critically endangered. These live only in the Xochimilco lake area, but *it's NOT the only species of axolotl* , that is just incorrect. There are 17 species of axolotls distributed in Mexico, and 16 of those are endemic to the country. There are more species within the Ambystoma genus that spread across northamerica, including the US and Canada. For example, _Ambystoma Taylori_ "Axolotl of Alchichica" is another axolotl species endemic to the Alchichica lake in the state of Puebla, and is also critically endangered.
As a Mexican Axolotls are mostly found in Mexico because Mexico and Asia used these unique creatures to clean rivers and oceans because many uses of water. Europe pooped and drank in Lakes and river (possibly I think) while Mexico and Asia were clean and healthy (but please don't get one as a pet and Mexico is still taking lot's of care of them)
I'm surprised that the lake is not protected, like I'm sure the lake has been a community hub and cultural place for many generations but wouldn't one hope that they'd do better to protect such a beloved creature?
I'm Mexican, and it's not really "beloved" like, Ajolotes have only been popular in the last two decades or so thanks to the internet because they're so "quirky" But in reality before that, it was something you knew like a curiosity "oh, there are this animals here that can grow limbs again", but nobody cared. Not like say, a xoloitzcuintle or a águila real (the eagle in our flag) that are national animals I don't think people care too much today anyway, the lake is the main source of income to a lot of families thanks to tourism, so of course it's not going to close down.
Those were likely the larvae of another type of salamander. Axolotls retain their juvenile characteristics of being aquatic and having gills their whole lives, but most other salamanders lose their gills and become primarily terrestrial. Some ways to tell if it is a wild axolotl: -Is the salamander brown with very small dark dots and purple-brown gills, or is it a different color? -Am I at Lake Xochimilco, Mexico, or somewhere where an idiot would dump their pet? -How big is it, and what shape? Baby axolotls have pretty large heads compared to other baby salamanders. Adult axolotls are 8-12 inches long on average.
There's actually around 1,200 axolotl left in the wild and we know this because the researchers have been watching these animals for a while now it's so much of a well-known fact that even in Minecraft you have to breed 1,200 of them to get the blue one and they did that because that's exactly how many are left in wild.
What you found wasn't an axolotl it was most likely a young salamander since salamanders when they're young look exactly like axolotls before they lose their gills and go onto land and live in water still kind of axolotls are basically salamanders that never grew up axolotls or wild axolotls are only ever found in that one pond in Mexico unless you saw one in that pond in Mexico you didn't see an axolotl in the wild you just saw some other native salamander most likely not even most likely you just saw a young salamander
The axolotl is an example of one of the world's most successful captive breeding programs ever. Like almost extinct in their native habitat but still available from most pet stores.
But they aren't pure axolotl they were bred with tiger salamanders to increase genetic diversity, all the captive axolotls come from 6 wild individuals.
@shanecrimmins87 fair enough, but so what? If the wild population can easily be replenished by a trip to the aquarium shop, is it really going to be an issue?
I mean spreading awareness about the threats to axolotl populations is cool and all but actually going to Xochimilco to try to find them is kinda directly contributing to the pollution and habitat destruction/fragmentation that is pushing them quickly toward extinction in the wild
I'd like this if the ending circled back to showing the community cleaning up the wilderness axolotls beling to.....rather than only showing the creatures in a commercial venture.
I went to a place 3 hours from Mexico city (not disclosing location to keep tourism out) and was lucky enough to see 5 Axolotls in the wild! These were brown or yellow depending on the mud where we found them. The place was a small pod and you could tell it was quickly drying out. I prayed for rain for this little fellas. After doing some research with the locals, first Axolotl sight was right after the Covid quarentine . I guess we need less tourism and more preservation.
I used to live in Mexico and loved it, but it amazed me how bad the pollution was. I came back to Austin and thought it looked spotless, that should tell you something.
Such a shame there are so few of them left in the wild People need to draw more attention to these things so something can be done about it Hope this video at least helps with that
With utmost respect, tourists visiting the lake solely to try and find axolotls is a part of the problem. So many people flocking to an already polluted lake and going through the waters to find wild axolotls is disrupting the ecosystem more and more. No fault of yours for going on the tour, but i really wish these sorts of tours wouldnt be offered in the first place :(
Yeah but tours like these help the locals, and a lot of locals have a rough time making a living.
@@maxpro751 I agree, I know a lot of people from Xochimilco and a lot of families depend on tourism, however that doesn’t give tourists the right to do whatever they want, that lake is really important to Mexicans and so are axolotls, they are even in the 50 peso bill, that’s how representative to the country they are. A lot of tourists are disrespectful and think they are superior to the locals because they have another passport and more money (I’m not saying the girl in the video is like that, I don’t know her)
@@maxpro751that's easily solved. No more capitalism. No money. Tada, now everyone eats for free and works by passion
With utmost respect, tourists are like 1% of the problem, 99% of the problem are the people are part of the land and are responsible for taking care of it.
didn't ask don't care, the problem is local individuals and government don't take care of the lake, it's not a numbers issue, its literally just not taken care of well enough. Stop blaming tourists for issues that are caused by locals not taking care of their rivers, even if it was somehow caused by tourists (which it isn't), who keeps trying to sell things like boat rides to tourists? I don't think the tourists are the ones attracting tourists.
Love how she complains about the trash, picks some up and then puts it back, just shows how amazing shes providing for the future kids!
ok please chill, like atleast she pointed it out. So she's not stupid. It obv raised awareness around pollution. I understand it sucks, all of the tourism and other things,
but she didn't pollute the lake.
tho u can make a valid point, stop being a douche too.
@@moetorres7913 ever heard the statement "we don't need more good people, we need to be good people" yeah. This is that. But she's obviously lazy and uncaring
@@dantethe_l0ser do you pick up all trash you see outside?
@@zoomcards-nt9hoyes.
Conservation efforts to restore their wildlife population should have been done ages ago and it's not too late
True but honestly I don’t see it happening anytime soon they’ve got their hands full with government/police corruption, drugs cartels, gangs, and not to mention all the interpersonal crimes that go either unreported (due to lack of trust in law enforcement) or unpunished when reported. I should know my mom’s side of the family lives in one of the most dangerous and crime ridden areas. I was actually almost kidnapped there once a whole 20 ft from my grandma’s house and in full view of the front door.
I mean hobbyists have succeeded quite well I'd say. The species is everywhere
@@ngantnierdomestic axolotls at least won't go extinct
You are talking about Mexico. Theres no hope for them.
@@dunpeal1923it’s almost like you didn’t just watch video of a bunch of axolotls . Everywhere in Mexico they are trying to save them .
I've seen 4 videos with this same exact thing
dude same
@@JaKeMaRtiN-lh3xrbro I did to
Same here
Same, saw 3 different one all today, before today I had never even seen any of them lol.
Same here
Maybe don't go near the place they're found and leave it alone? People are the leading cause of extinction.
literally and also posting it for thousands of people potentially influencing them to visit too 😭
exactly
If they are helping clean up the environment the axolotls live in I don't see the harm that much
Actually, without people, the axolots would go extinct. People are keeping them alive through captivity. That's why there's so little in the wild
There not in this lake I watched another video they are in another lake being protected by the government but Mexico is a 3rd world country so who knows they may already be gone. But the same thing happed with hamsters now there's millions they just are pets now
As a Mexican please leave Axolotls alone, don't try to find them in the wild
I'm not Mexican but I agree. Do you know if there are charities that support cleaning the water out to make it suitable for them?
As an American, can you please stop killing hundreds of thousands of us with fentanyl? Thanks monster.
@@eleanorcooke7136clean water? In Mexico? Is that a joke?
@@SkankHunt8008 well, perhaps, if it's the survival of a species on the line, some people might make an effort to make their natural habitat livable.
As a Scottish person I’d like to say the same about haggis, please leave them alone
"So we went to seach for them. Saw trash. .." i really thought she was going to say "so we decided to clean up as much as we could and donate to the local efforts to save their environmant."
Right? WTF? Didn’t want to post to give them more views..
Or at least "so we picked up any we saw on our way and threw it into dumpsters"
Especially if you've already picked it up, putting it back is WORSE than littering in the first place imo
@@waffleaffle231 It's like saying:
"There's a problem, I've seen it, I've recognised the cause, and I'm going to do nothing about it."
Like I get that she wasn't packed for litter picking today but she could've found a charity that looks at that issue and at least given it a mention. We are going to kill off that species and there's less than 1000 of them left, and she brings up trash in the water then proceeds to do absolutely nothing about it. This is part of the reason that they're dying.
She's literally in a different country. Why would you expect her to clean the big a$s lake or find some people to clean the big a$s lake? 😂
@@waffleaffle231 Yes!! Like you picked it up it is now your responsibility. And yeah anything towards being a positive change. But nothing.
What's this sense of deja vu I'm feeling
Someone else made a video just like this but they couldn't open the shack
@@NyanRainbowz2010someone else said that there was nothing IN the shack
It baffles me how in other countries they are such a common pet u can get in any pet store, and they are extremely endagered, its like going to Petco and getting a white tiger, like what??
They are often times captive. So my axolotl was born in captivity so I’m not going and taking her from the natural environment because she was bred. So even if I did want to release her in Mexico I couldn’t because she was born and lived in captivity.
Theyre endangered IN THE WILD. Breeding domestic is easy
The pet ones aren’t from the wild anymore they’ve established captive breeders so the pet trade isn’t impacting the wild population anymore it’s all habitat destruction
Captive bred axolotls are hybrids. It’s not strictly because they’re captive bred that they can’t be released-they’re literally hybridized with tiger salamanders.
Domestic axolotls are not the same as their wild counterpart.
How many vids like this are there?
1,000,000
Idk but im pretty sure coralfish12g ( goerge mavrakis) did the first one
How many social media types have been to Mexico City?
Yep, and people do this every day, but her vid actually reaches people-it makes her trip worth it.
thats youtube now. not made for creativity its for this shit now
Who goes to Mexico City and doesn’t try… anyone who actually values them
Leave them tf alone
yeah what i did was raise money and sent it to Dr. Luis Zambrano
you value them so you aren't allowed to look at them? it's not gonna kill it lil bro, it's gonna die from all the pollution that the locals and government let sit there, not somebody's retinas looking at it too hard
@@yasone7873I get what your saying, but the number of people trampling through the habitat is making the situation worse
A lot of those ppl are there for the great axy hunt
It’s not about their retinas, it’s about their boots, pollution from their boats and all the trash they leave behind etc
These ppl didn’t get too far it seems which is good but it encourages others to go too
Just leave the habitat alone and go to a store to see them
@@elizabethmichels8250 didn't ask don't care mf read my comment again, it is the job of the local government and the local community to work together to care for their environment, and advocate against tourism. It's not tourists bringing other tourists there, it's the fucking tour guides that are being offered by who?? LOCALS, because guess what, if there weren't tour guides, 90% of the people wouldn't go, 90% of the people wouldn't post online, and more people wouldn't be incentivised to go. Pipe down and learn where to point you blame.
for anyone that doesn't know, axolotls are amphibians like frogs and salamanders, not fish
If you love them that much would you not just spend the time there removing trah form the water or donate to a conservation group working there?
Where does it say that she loves Axolotls? I can't find it in the video.
@@maxpro751she paid to get there and try to see some, who does that for something they don't love
I see a lot of people saying that they have seen axolotls elsewhere in the wild in bodies of freshwater. Just to inform those people, you are probably seeing the larval form of other species of salamanders. The thing is, all salamanders look like axolotls as babies. It's just that the axolotl stays in their larval form even into maturation.
Only super rare in the wild. They're very common in captivity. You can buy them for around $40
They're everywhere in California. I see hundreds every time we go to the river
@@mindyflicker3524They might have been bred in captivity and released in the wild?
@@mindyflicker3524every salamanders starts off looking like an axolotl. The reason axolotls are so special is because, they stay in the larva stage (being fully aquatic) forever. I’m sure the ones you are seeing are tiger sals. They are native to California.
Yet another success story of "conservation through cultivation" :).
@@mindyflicker3524you are seeing the wrong animal 😂
Everyone complaining that they've already seen videos about this - GOOD. This is a dire situation that needs to be boosted and addressed before axltotls go extinct in the wild. We need MORE videos about this and how to help.
But multiple videos like this one(tourist destination) is not a good thing!
More people = more stress for the wee buggers
Not to mention how many tourists leave their rubbish behind and cause issues
Videos like these are only encouraging people to go there
@@Eros.n.pippinsnot really, this video isn’t telling us to go there. In fact, the video even teaches us what is helping cause the Axolotl’s extinction. Videos like these help teach people like myself about axolotls and the problems they’re facing in their natural habitats. The video even goes over the protection efforts in place to help the axolotls. If this was a video that said “oh go here for axolotls” then yea it’d make sense. But this just sounds like virtue signaling lol
@@leo_wentzel she literally says where it is. Which leads to more people going there. Which leads to the points i made earlier
Why? Who cares, it doesn't effect me at all lol, y'all got way too much estrogen these days and it shows
@leo_wentzel you don't have to tell ppl to do anything. Ppl see and ppl will do.
Awwwwwwww babies!!!! They are so tiny and adorable! 🥰
They do look quite cute #SaveSoil 🌸🍃
Seems very similar to George's video hmmmm 🧐
I know
Ik
down to even the bottle. George's video did blow up about the axolotl, and she's not even pronouncing the name right lol
George is the og!!
maybe they went together bc it’s impossible for her to see his video, make the exact video, edit it and post it so quickly
OMG THE BABIES ARE SOO CUTE
Yaa i was thinking the same and was surprised that no one in comments were talking bout them lol. 😂❤
So fun fact: Yes, Xochimilco is the only place you could find them, but the primary reason they’re dying out is Tilapias and the boats aren’t helping.
Tilapias were introduced because Xochimilco basically wanted more fishing tourism, and they get big enough to swallow the axolotls whole, additionally, axolotls are ambush predators and just hang out while it happens.
Also, they’re not frogs, they breathe through gills and they actually have functional lungs. Their gills are the little branches on their head, which is why they are red, and they have lungs because they’re basically salamanders you evolved to never fully metamorphose to land creatures, but they still grow all the organs they might need.
This like a safari guide saying I know a place then pulls up to a zoo
I think axolotls are alive because they look cool to humans
Im glad that many other endangered species who, let me remind you, are endangered BECAUSE of people are much harder to get to.
Axolotls are endangered due to pollution, because they are a salamander species and thus are VERY sensitive to pollution, rising temps, and lower temps.
Please never try to go find this species, or any endangered species. Unless you are *SAFELY* with a guide, trained professional and dont show exactly where you are going. I love spreading news on endangered species, but there are correct and incorrect ways to do this. This is an incorrect one.
Going to find endangered species can be dangerous for yourself and the animals, if you possibly mess something up in their environment even while trying to help then you could possibly cause more harm than good.
While axolotls are kept alive because of humans and thus wont go fully extinct if they all die in the wild you must remember that WE are the reason they have been dying in the wild. We took over their homes, put trash in their water ways, and, when they were easier to find, took many from the wild. While humans can be a key to keeping species alive and not extinct, we often are the reason they started to go extinct in the first place.
I dont really expect people to read this far down but ill leave some info about what can happen when species fully go extinct in some places. Every animal in an ecosystem is important to that ecosystem in some way, some animals are predators, some are prey, some help spread trees and other plant, and some help indicate that an environment is healthy and thriving.
Ill use the example from Yellowstone. During 1926, all of the wolves in Yellowstone National Park were hunted from the area. Due to the lack of predators, the prey animals, like Elk, flourished, but not for long. They quickly began to consume all of the plants in the area, not leaving any for other species like beavers, deer, and other herbivores. The beavers could no longer make dams because all the young trees they would normally use had been eaten or destroyed, and as time went on, the Elk started to live longer and longer, and started to gain illness and disease that would pass on (Normally an ill Elk would be first to be hunted by wolves, thus helping the herbs stay healthy). All of this happened from a SINGLE species going extinct in that location. Eventually the wolves were reintroduced in 1995 and have made their recovery from then on, but the area and animal populations are still recovering.
While the disappearance of axolotls MIGHT not cause this extreme of a change, them being extinct in the wild means we have failed our fellow species, as axolotls are indicator species meaning with none there that the waters are heavily polluted.
Take care of our earth, some stupid shit we do could be the ending of an entire environment, and the ending of nature as we know it, and we would have no one to blame but ourselves.
Besides the pollution, the first cause of their low wild population is because in the 60's-70's carps were introduced to the lake as a way for the population of the zone to have a source of alimentation (sorry not my native language), and the carps over poblated the lake hoarding the food resources for all the species in the lake, and eating the eggs of axolotls.
Actually axolotls being endangered isn't from collection from the wild. The domestic axolotls in pet stores are from less than 200 taken from the wild in the mid-1800s. Just an interesting factoid. 🙂
very well written - I'm hoping (as someone that works at Claire's where so much of our stuff rn is axolotl themed, the kids seem to love it) kids will see how cute they are, esp since they're very popular rn, hear about how they're endangered and want to learn more about protecting them and what's best to help them out. I know we can't do much, but any bit helps :)
great comment, but it's not we, alright buddy. it's specifically the locals who introduced an invasive predator to their environment and did as much as possible to bring tourists in. It is never the tourists job to consider the environmental impact they're having on their vacation, it's the job of the locals and their government to ensure that the environment is maintained properly either with proper care or proper restrictions, if not both. I live in a tourist town, so I fucking know.
I hate how environmentalists play this stupid game where "we did this to the environment, it's our fault" when there is obviously a very specific set of people at fault, and you're just trying to say shit to make everybody feel like they should be helping. It's fucking insufferable, and if your cause is worth helping in somebody's opinion, you won't have to guilt trip them into caring, they just will. It's why I'll never support causes like these, because the people behind them are just annoying and insufferable, and refuse to point the blame where it should be pointed because that would mean they can't try to guilt trip random people with no association into helping.
@yasone7873 "It is never the tourists job to care about the environment they are visiting" is an insane quote, spoken like a true American. I hope you are aware lake Xochimilco is not the only place where Axolotls were common in, many other places include local rivers and lakes that were polluted in great deal due to foreign enterprises exporting their labour for cheaper prices and less regulations. Foreign enterprises that got to do as they wish due in great deal to American and Western interventionism. Thankfully not as violent as in other Latin American countries, but funding murderous neoliberal political parties, electoral fraud and spending millions in political propaganda to suit the interests of corporate America surely has had a big impact in the Mexican ecosystem. Or is it also somehow the fault of random empoverished locals that majority of sweet water in Mexico is owed by Coca Cola and their blood money? Tourism does not exist in a Vacuum under our geopolitical regime. Painting toruists as innocent bystanders is HILARIOUS. Who owes the majority of Hotels and Resorts that are one of the biggest sources of Pollution, not only in Mexico but other Global South countries? Mostly westerners, who only got the permission to do so by funding corrupt and neoliberal politicians and selling arms to Cartels or straight up starting occupations and wars, in the name of democracy and an "open market" ❤ Maybe you can cry and sob about how innocent tourists are when the west stops spending millions in sex tourism and funding entire industries of child sex trafficking in former colonies.
I am 100% sure people on the internet have more Axolotls than there are in the wild
Of course in captivity theyre millions,if it wasnt by pet axolots they would be extinct
@@RubenRodriguez-m6nSame with pandas. Pandas are only alive because of zoos because humans want them around. If it weren’t for zoos pandas would be extinct by now.
@@HUZZAH-4Life in my OPINION pandas are basically only for zoos rn they dont even know how to reproduce and have to watch panda corn to reproduce and are basically dumbasses
There are less than a thousand wild axolots and the number is getting lower
@@HUZZAH-4Life the reason many endangered animals are being kept alive is due to captivity and conservation. It’s a good thing for some animals too, especially sense humans are the cause of most endangered animals getting on the list. We need to keep them alive because they’re an important part of the ecosystem. Ex: wolves being hunted to almost extinction in Yellowstone left a horrible tragedy behind, overpopulation of elk, lack of grazing grounds, coyote overpopulation, etc. so to fix their mistakes they reintroduced wolves.
Axolotls are my favorite animal. It makes me sad that they are so endangered but i am so glad they exist. I have a plushie axolotl that helps me sleep. I love them so much.
AXOLOLTL ❤❤❤❤💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💓💓💓💞💞💞💞💕💕💗💗I have a special bond with axolotls
“Special bond” 💀💀 goofball
This looks ripped off because the other day this fish guy got me interested in his videos and this looks a lot like even the beer bottle at the beginning
That’s just the algorithm for ya, sweetie. It’s happening more and more and more!
@@OverIt822 ok I guess 😐
@@OverIt822not really.. I’m pretty sure this is a copy there’s way to many similarities between the two videos
That made me smile and i love axolotls
😊😊😊😊😁😁😁😃👍
Their so cute omg!!
We went their as a mexican we visit often, we loved them so much that we came back to america and bought 2 now having a great home. We bought them from a local aquatic pet shop NOT FROM THE WILD ITS VERY DANGEROUS FOR THEM!
“Who comes to Mexico City and doesn’t try” um anyone with respect for wildlife 😅
I love axolotls they are my favorite animal ever
At my school, in Agriscience, we actually have an Axolotl.Sadly, the owners smoked and the water was polluted with smoke.Our teacher brought the Axolotl to a better place but is still a bit unhealthy.
The baby's were so cute 😍 ❤
You forgot to mention that there’s millions thriving in captivity
That means absolutely nothing. They still have their roles to fill in their ecosystem. Captive-raised animals are less likely to survive in the wild the longer they’re in captivity. If they go functionally extinct in the wild, it’ll be very difficult to reestablish a wild population later. Not to mention that captive-raised axolotls aren’t used to the same water as wild ones, and depending on how long that lineage of axolotl has been raised in captivity, their resistance to disease will be variable, but low.
that’s…. kinda like…. the issue
They're are thousands in the wild here in the US. They're invasive but, obviously thriving. Some are huge
@@mindyflicker3524 If they’re invasive, then they’re probably not Axolotls. More than likely a relative because they’re related to salamanders.
@@isaiahdooley5953But that does mean something it means there not going instinct.
I love axolotls.. they look like they are smiling all the time
"The only place where axolotls can be found". That is misleading.
The species you mean here is *_Ambiystoma mexicanum_* the most popular one, and according to the IUCN, critically endangered. These live only in the Xochimilco lake area, but *it's NOT the only species of axolotl* , that is just incorrect.
There are 17 species of axolotls distributed in Mexico, and 16 of those are endemic to the country. There are more species within the Ambystoma genus that spread across northamerica, including the US and Canada.
For example, _Ambystoma Taylori_ "Axolotl of Alchichica" is another axolotl species endemic to the Alchichica lake in the state of Puebla, and is also critically endangered.
As a Mexican Axolotls are mostly found in Mexico because Mexico and Asia used these unique creatures to clean rivers and oceans because many uses of water. Europe pooped and drank in Lakes and river (possibly I think) while Mexico and Asia were clean and healthy (but please don't get one as a pet and Mexico is still taking lot's of care of them)
I'm surprised that the lake is not protected, like I'm sure the lake has been a community hub and cultural place for many generations but wouldn't one hope that they'd do better to protect such a beloved creature?
I'm Mexican, and it's not really "beloved" like, Ajolotes have only been popular in the last two decades or so thanks to the internet because they're so "quirky"
But in reality before that, it was something you knew like a curiosity "oh, there are this animals here that can grow limbs again", but nobody cared. Not like say, a xoloitzcuintle or a águila real (the eagle in our flag) that are national animals
I don't think people care too much today anyway, the lake is the main source of income to a lot of families thanks to tourism, so of course it's not going to close down.
I take care of horses. Some of them. Special needs but still intimidated by taking care of an axellotle. I want one soooo bad
I have a 1-2 year old pink dirty axalotl and his/her name is Chip ❤❤
The baby axolotl is so cute ❤❤❤
i have seen some in a pund on a cemetery in germany
That means someone released their poor pets into terrible conditions
Probably salamanders of some sort
Those were likely the larvae of another type of salamander. Axolotls retain their juvenile characteristics of being aquatic and having gills their whole lives, but most other salamanders lose their gills and become primarily terrestrial. Some ways to tell if it is a wild axolotl:
-Is the salamander brown with very small dark dots and purple-brown gills, or is it a different color?
-Am I at Lake Xochimilco, Mexico, or somewhere where an idiot would dump their pet?
-How big is it, and what shape? Baby axolotls have pretty large heads compared to other baby salamanders. Adult axolotls are 8-12 inches long on average.
They taste super good :3
There's actually around 1,200 axolotl left in the wild and we know this because the researchers have been watching these animals for a while now it's so much of a well-known fact that even in Minecraft you have to breed 1,200 of them to get the blue one and they did that because that's exactly how many are left in wild.
Anyone else thought she was going to La Isla de las Muñecas (Island of the dolls) ?
Lol
Axolotls are the perfect example of conservation through commercialization.
Axolotls are so magical, they look like imaginary creatures we would draw when we were younger
🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉🍉
I have two axolotls at home and I'm very happy to save a dying species!
I deadass jus saw that exact same boating clip cmon now, where’s the original content?
They are so cool looking
I saw some dude go to the exact same place as you on UA-cam short right before this short
They used to be very common in my dads hometown in Veracruz. Until an american company opened a factory there and polluted the local water.
Me living on Mexico for some time now i went over there but i wish i found axolotls, I went on the lil boats
I SQUEAKED WHEN I SAW THE BABY AT THE END 🥹
I hope they don't die out. We need to start reproducing endangered animals.
I'm just glad she came geared up for a genuine biological expedition
I'm pretty sure they're not only found in that lake
In the wild... that is their only natural habitat.
They’re only found in that lake in the wild, that’s why it’s such a problem that it’s being polluted
omg, i literally swooned when i saw the baby axolotls
I found one when I was seven that’s before I knew what the heck it was before they were popular
What you found wasn't an axolotl it was most likely a young salamander since salamanders when they're young look exactly like axolotls before they lose their gills and go onto land and live in water still kind of axolotls are basically salamanders that never grew up axolotls or wild axolotls are only ever found in that one pond in Mexico unless you saw one in that pond in Mexico you didn't see an axolotl in the wild you just saw some other native salamander most likely not even most likely you just saw a young salamander
I knew about them before they blew up
My favorite pokemon! Lol
They live in montana also
i love axelotols.❤
Why is this clip the same as the fish guy?
My friend has 3 axolotls :3
They’re pink because they’re at a different stage of maturity
The pinks ones are bred to be pink... They are bred to lack melanin.
no, thats albino axolotls thje most common ones are completely black
@@pauvzla you’re right, I just did some research and my info is outdated. Still misinformation on the creator’s part tho so that point stands
I used to breed them 😅 they sell good
THE BABIESSSSSS when I got my lottles they weren’t baby’s anymore but the babies are so cute
Damn! I’d visit Mexico just to see this! It’s so beautiful to see conservation efforts that everyone can be proud of 🥹
"Their biggest predator was lurking on every corner" If being behind the camera and/or on a trajinera is considered a corner then yeah!
Axolotl's are one of the few animals that the pet industry has actually become vital to their continued existence
Its sad that pretty much all the axolotl in captivity aren't pure axolotl and that people dont look after them.
And now you inspire thousands of people to go looking for them, nice 👍🏻
I love axolotls! We have to take care of them :(
The axolotl is an example of one of the world's most successful captive breeding programs ever. Like almost extinct in their native habitat but still available from most pet stores.
But they aren't pure axolotl they were bred with tiger salamanders to increase genetic diversity, all the captive axolotls come from 6 wild individuals.
@shanecrimmins87 fair enough, but so what? If the wild population can easily be replenished by a trip to the aquarium shop, is it really going to be an issue?
The babies are too cute
I found one at a zoological shop in a gallery
I love them
I mean spreading awareness about the threats to axolotl populations is cool and all but actually going to Xochimilco to try to find them is kinda directly contributing to the pollution and habitat destruction/fragmentation that is pushing them quickly toward extinction in the wild
She didn’t say she was going to capture it. She was just trying to find it. Big difference.
I love them they are the cool.
I didn't realize that they were almost extinct. That to me is super sad. 😢
I'd like this if the ending circled back to showing the community cleaning up the wilderness axolotls beling to.....rather than only showing the creatures in a commercial venture.
Your pronunciation of the city and lake are perfect. Keep up the good work.
Ed sheeran swearing nervously
Shorty are you serious? 😂💀 genuinely baffling how unaware some people can be lol
I was just at Mexico City and you telling me I could have seen axolotls 😭
Asholotl
The “tl” at the end makes a singular run on sound. Almost like a click.
The chinampas are so cool
I went to a place 3 hours from Mexico city (not disclosing location to keep tourism out) and was lucky enough to see 5 Axolotls in the wild! These were brown or yellow depending on the mud where we found them.
The place was a small pod and you could tell it was quickly drying out. I prayed for rain for this little fellas.
After doing some research with the locals, first Axolotl sight was right after the Covid quarentine . I guess we need less tourism and more preservation.
I saw those very same axolotls!
I have an axolotl as a pet. They’re so cute and he likes when I squish him 😂
That's not trash. They're our offerings to the gods of the water, the great Axlotl.
I wanna hug my 5 axos after seeing this again.
I love this place. Did you guys see the haunted doll island?
Legendary Pokémon
The boat: FERNANDA
Me: are people spying on me😨
I used to live in Mexico and loved it, but it amazed me how bad the pollution was. I came back to Austin and thought it looked spotless, that should tell you something.
"Hey everybody in the world, this is EXACTLY where you find these creatures that are near extinction"
Such a shame there are so few of them left in the wild
People need to draw more attention to these things so something can be done about it
Hope this video at least helps with that