I-axolotl kungenzeka ingabi isilwane esivamile kakhulu, kodwa nakanjani siyinto ehlukile. I-Axolotls uhlobo lwe-salamander, kodwa ngokungafani nama-salamanders, abajwayele ukuguqulwa kwamagciwane avela ku-larval (nge-gill) kuya kwifomu yabantu abadala bese behlala emanzini wabo bonke.
Amagama : I-Axolotl, i- Ambystoma mexicanum, inhlanzi yokuhamba yaseMexico
Usayizi : Phakathi kwamasentimitha angu-6 kuya ku-18 ubude obunama-intshi angu-9 ubujwayele kakhulu futhi ngaphezulu kwama-intshi angu-12 ayivamile
Ukuphila : Unamandla okuphila iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-20 kodwa ngaphezulu kaningi eminyakeni engaba ngu-10
I-Axolotls e-Wild
I-Axolotls ivela e-Xochimilco Lake eMexico lapho kubhekwa khona njengezilwane ezisengozini ngenxa yokuthi kuncane kakhulu kulawa manzi asele. Ngokujabulisayo lezi zitshalo eziphelile (ngenxa yokukhula kweMexico City) zivuthwa kalula ekuthunjweni futhi kuyisifundo esithandwayo sokucwaninga ngenxa yokwazi kwabo okuyingqayizivele yokuvuselela izitho zomzimba wonke.
I-Axolotls ingatholakala eminhlobonhlobo yemibala ehlanganisa abamnyama, abampunga, igolide, i-albino, abamhlophe ngamehlo amnyama, neminye imibala. Uhlobo olusendle, futhi okuvame ukubonakala emanzini asele e-Xochimilco Lake yi-axolotl eseduze.
Izindlu ze-Axolotls
I-Axolotls ingaba yindlala enkulu kakhulu, ngakho-ke kunconywa ukuthi i-15-20 gallon fish tank (aquarium) inconywa, nakuba i-tank akudingeki ukuba igcwele amanzi (amanzi kuphela adinga ukujula nje kuphela we-axolotl).
I-tank kufanele igcinwe egumbini elitholile ngaphandle kwelanga elikhanyayo. Ukushisa kwamanzi kufanele kugcinwe kupholile, phakathi kuka 57-68 degrees Fahrenheit (14-20 degrees Celsius), futhi awuzange uvunyelwe ukufika ngaphezu kwama-degrees Celsius angu-75. Akukho ukukhanya okhethekile okudingekayo kuma-axolotls ( ngokungafani nezilwane eziphefumulayo ), futhi empeleni, indawo yokuphuma ekukhanyeni ingase ihlonishwe, njengebhodi lembali elisehlangothini lwayo noma i-aquarium type castle.
Uma igravel isetshenziselwa phansi kwethangi, idinga ukuba igravel eyinqaba. Ihluzo elihle lingase litshalwe ngenkathi lidla futhi lidale ukuvimbela. Abanye abanikazi bakhetha ukushiya phansi phansi tank, nakuba abanye bakholelwa lokhu kungase kugcizelele ama-axolotls kancane ngoba bengakwazi ukuthola indawo phansi kwetangi ngaphandle kwegrivel.
Ama-axolotls amancane angabhekana nomunye nomunye, ngakho-ke angcono kakhulu akhuliswe ezindaweni ezihlukene. Abantu abadala bangakwazi ukuhlala ndawonye kodwa balinde ukuthambekela kokungabi namabomu. Yiqiniso, uma ingxenye yomzimba ihlushwa yi-tank mate, i-axolotl ingakwazi ukuyivuselela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, kodwa lokhu akufanele neze kukhutshwe noma kuvunyelwe.
Amanzi Axolotl
Abanikazi abaningi bayothola i-aquarium ehlungiwe kalula ukugcina kuneyodwa ngaphandle kwesihlungi ngoba amanzi angenawo ahlanzekile azodinga ukushintsha njalo. Kodwa-ke, uma ukhetha ukuba nesihlungi ku-tank, izinga lokuhlunga kufanele libe izihlungi ezihamba kancane futhi ezinamandla ezakha ama-currents aqinile kufanele zigwenywe . Futhi, qiniseka ukuthi ukufakwa kwesihlungi akusekho esimweni sokubamba izigayili ze-axolotl yakho.
Uma unesihlungi, ukuhlanza okuphephile kuzoba nokusebenzisa i-siphon ukugcoba phansi kwe-tank, futhi ushintsho lwamanzi lwamaphesenti angu-20 lungenziwa masonto onke.
Uma ungasebenzisi isihlungi, kuzodingeka uguqule amanzi angu-20 njalo ngosuku noma zonke izinsuku. Ungalokothi uguqule amanzi ngokugcwele njengoba lokhu kudala isimo lapho imakhemikhali yamanzi ishintsha kakhulu kakhulu kwi-axolotl yakho yesilwane.
Amanzi okupompa kufanele abe nanoma yikuphi i-chlorine noma i-chloramine (eyengezwe ngesikhathi senqubo yokwelashwa kwamanzi) isusiwe ngokusebenzisa izixazululo ezitholakalayo ezentengiso. Ungalokothi usebenzise amanzi ase-distilled futhi uqinisekise ukuthi i-pH yamanzi ihlala phakathi kuka-6.5 no-7.5 (ukungathathi hlangothi).
Ukudla ama-Axolotls
Ezindaweni zasendle, ama-axolotls adla izibungu, izibungu, ama-crustaceans, izinhlanzi ezincane, kanye nama-amphibians amancane. Ekuthunjweni, zingadliwa izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene ze-brine shrimp, izingxube ezincane zenkomo noma isibindi, izimbungu zemifino (izibungu zasendle ezithintekayo zingathwala izinambuzane), izimpethu zegazi, izibungu ze-tubifex ( ngokuvamile zidlalwa ukudoba ), ezinye izinhlobo zokudla kwezinhlanzi ezifriziwe noma izinhlanzi zokudoba ezentengiselwano (isb., i-salmon noma i-trout pellets).
Ama-pellets angabuye athengwe ngqo kusuka eYunivesithi yaseKentucky lapho ebeletha futhi ehambisa ama-axolotls kuma laboratories naseklasini ngokusebenzisa i-Ambystoma Genetic Stock Center. Ukudla okungahlanzekile kufanele kuhlanzwe kusukela ku-tank nsuku zonke ukusiza ukugcina itanki ihlanzekile.
Axolotls zasemhlabeni
Ngaphansi kwezimo ezithile, i-axolotl ingahle isetshenziswe emhlabathini, nakuba lokhu kungase kuphazamise isilwane futhi kungabonakali. Izimo lapho lokhu kuzokwenzeka khona ngokwemvelo akuqondwa kahle, kodwa siyazi ukuthi ukuguqulwa kwemithi kungasetshenziswa ngokushintsha izinguquko zamanzi, noma ngokufaka i-axolotl ngezinga elithile le-hormone yegciwane. Yiqiniso, isimo sezwe se-axolotl sinezidingo zokunakekelwa ngokuphelele. Ukuzama ukudala ukuxilongwa kwe-metamorphosis akukhuthazwa, njengoba lokhu kungabangela ukucindezeleka okungadingekile kwi-axolotl, futhi kunganciphisa kakhulu ukuphila kwayo.