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

所以，你知道为什么喜欢螈吗？- 为什么？

The axolotl is native only to Mexico.

螈原产于墨西哥。

Today I'm here with my axolotl Monty.

和美西螈蒙蒂在一起。

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

不是说是螈专家。

Axolotl salamanders were also commonly eaten by Aztec kings.

阿兹特克国王也经常吃螈。

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

看起来有点长，而且得了小螈肺炎。

This is what the inside of your axolotl look like.

这就是你螈体内样子。

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

但瓜尔指出，其他16种螈也以墨西哥为家。

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，螈在公众中受欢迎程度是非常明显。

Take Trimerorhachis, which looked like an overgrown axolotl.

以 Trimerorhachis 为例，它看起来像一只长得太螈。

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

让们根据最近两项研究结果来回顾一下那只可爱小螈。

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

这种特殊类型螈，非常近亲，被称为无脊椎动物。

When an axolotl loses a limb, tissues stimulate growth in the area.

当螈失去肢体时，组织会刺激该区域生长。

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 chinampas 并支持当地社区 - 以及螈。

The man, who did not want to give his last name, showed off a small axolotl tattoo he had on his arm.

这名男子不愿透露自己姓氏，他展示了他手臂上一个小螈纹身。

To better understand the axolotl's baffling biology, scientists sequenced its genome.

为了更好地了解螈令人费解生物学特性，科学家对其基因组进行了测序。

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

在阿兹特克人传统文化中，一位名叫索洛托反叛神将自己变成了螈，以躲避其他神追杀。

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

最简单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。

Scientists hope that one day we'll be able to apply the axolotl's masterful tumor suppression and regenerative abilities to the human body.

科学家们希望有一们能够将螈强肿瘤抑制和再生能力应用于人体。

Investigating the axolotl's genome, scientists saw many repeated sequences, most of which don't code for proteins and have no known function.

通过调查螈基因组，科学家们发现了许多重复序列，其中部分不编码蛋白质，也没有已知功能。