Axolotls In peril

3. a district of Mexico City. These canals are what remains of the ancient lakes that once stretched across the Valley of Mexico.
5. Amphibians are animals like frogs, toads, and salamanders that need a moist environment to live.
7. Organism a creature studied extensively in the laboratory to help scientists better understand certain biological processes in humans
8. Due to problems such as habitat loss and pollution
10. Species such as carp and tilapia. These fish eat young axolotls and compete with larger, mature axolotls for food.
12. As they age and grow larger, they retain characteristics of their youthful form.
13. The regenerators can grow back their limbs, tail, spinal cord, and even parts of their heart.

1. Their civilization thrived alongside the axolotl. The axolotl became an important symbol in Mexican indigenous mythology.
2. the community of organisms that interact with each other and with their physical environment) changed.
4. A FRILLY SALAMANDER
6. The Beneficial are more than 2 million people in the U.S. who have lost or were born without an arm or a leg.
7. A mutation is a change in your genetic code.
9. They are made from woven rafts anchored in shallow waters of Chinampas.
11. The indigenous people seem to have once lived in the region, building their civilization around the valley lakes.