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Question: How do they do it?

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Birthdayboy

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I know axies have been known on occasion to bite off a leg or a bit of tail of there comrads. I was wondering how they manage this. They barely have teeth and I can't imagine their jaws are very strong. Does anybody know how they do this?
 
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Have you ever stuck your hand in an axie tank?

Mine are quite feisty and do try to eat my hand.

They have quite a grip on them, and they do a little shake like a dog, as if trying to tear my finger off!!

They have little teethy bits like rough sandpaper, imagine this on an axolotls soft squidgy skin, combined with the dog shake......

Mel
 
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I was really surprised by how strong they are for such delicate looking things. Chester took a fancy to the chopsticks I was using to feed them and had one away the other day, cheeky monkey. (he scared the bejeezus out of himself in the process though!)
 
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I once had a tiny little red spot on my finger after 'feeding it to my biggest axie'. They're pretty strong and they shake like dogs to 'tear it in pieces'.
 
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