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Chimera Axolotls

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BramJ

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I was wondering how many chimera axolotls there are, I know they are really rare... but how rare?
so, how many Chimeras are there currently around?

I got one :) I was very lucky to get the one posted in this topic


Axolotl Chimera by Bram J, on Flickr
 
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I was wondering the same yesterday! Having an axie like that would make me sooooo happy.
 
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They are pretty rare, but probably several times commoner than most people realise because if they are a chimera without a colour marker the true nature of the beast is not obvious.

It is merely a wild guess, but based on posts on this forum somewhere between 1:500 and 1:10,000 seems reasonable for spontaneous colour identifiable chimeras.
 
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