Suoernumerary limbs

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As i said in another thread my axie has a finger growing from her ankle. However over the past few days it has got flatter and wider and now looks like a tiny hand like on a young tadpole. Has this ever happend to anyone or does anyone know about it. Is it going to turn into a double foot
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and will that annoy her at all? P.S sorry the thread is supposed to say suPurnemerary limbs not suornumerary limbs, i'm not a great typer.

(Message edited by axolotom on May 01, 2006)
 
Regrowth in limbs in amphibians isn't perfect. Sometimes if there is damage, it can cause regrowth without the original limb being severed. Just think of it as another cool anomoly. It makes your axolotl different from all others.
 
Thanks. luke, i cant post a pic because the camera isnt working and the actual limb is quite small so it probably wouldnt give much detail anyway. Does anyone know whether it will just grow into a second hand or whether an entire new leg will grow out of her ankle?
 
Since i started this thread it has grown a lot. Now it is a small three fingered hand about half the size of a proper one.
 
cute! if you get the camera working be sure to post some pics
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Tom, my axie has exactly the same thing!! When I got her, she only had 3 and half fingers in one hand, but the half started growing, and ended up like half a hand with 3 little fingers,haha.Don't worry, it doesn't bother her at all, so yours should be fine too.

Could our axies be related, as we are both in London? How old is yours? Wher did you buy him from? Mine is from Wholesale Aquatics in Bethnal Green, and approx 1 year old
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(Message edited by sherrisixxx on May 14, 2006)
 
I got her 4 weeks ago from a pet shop called tropical and marines in Kew. She is a wildtype.
Your right it doesn't seem to bother in fact in away it helps her because there are a few gaps between the river rocks in her tank and the extra foot stops her leg falling down the gap
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I have get a picture, sorry if it is slightly blurred, of the funny hand thing. It has got slightly bigger now. I don't know how to put pictures next to the writing but you can see it in this attachment:<center><table border=1><tr><td>
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Sorry for some reason it does not work. Could anyone tell me how to put pictures directly on?
 
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