Eyeless axies??

[stipe]

I found soem pictures of eyeless axies, have you ever heard about this?

(all aboive photos are copyright to Henk.wallays@skynet.be)

Also i found a neat pic of a metamorphed axolotl

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[alex]

wow that metamorphed axie looks cool. i dont no about the eyeless axies, probly wouldnt make a difference since there visions not that great in the first place.

(Message edited by alex_axolotl on December 27, 2005)

 

[andrew]

wow you have been buisy. Thanks for sharing.

Hmm. An eyeless axie. Just as silly and dosn't mind light. lol. I think they would get easily stressed though, swimming flat stick into things and the like.

 

[apryl]

OMG!!Eek!!I am sooooo glad Diablo wasnt morphing!!Sorry but that guy is gross.I think the eyeless ones have been mentioned before in a thread,they tend to use smell alot,and don't see too well at the best of times so I guess they would be fine.I like the harlequin

Thanks Stipe for the interesting pics

 

[charlotte]

I read on, I think this site, about eyeless types etc. It's really interesting! Those a really cool pictures you found. The metamorphed axolotl looks unusual. here I was thinking they just looked like regular salamanders....

 

[sharn]

if i remember rightly eyeless ones are sterile.
i have never thought much of morphed axies though...

 

[charlie]

I reckon the morphed one is kinda cute! in an ugly sorta way.
I want one!

 

[jojo]

Ive seen some really cute morphed axies with some really nice colouring.
Ive heard/read (somewhere) about eyeless axies, but never seen any (not even pics), so thanks for that Stipe!

 

[stipe]

Im amazed at the amount of blood worms at the bottom of the tank, whos going to clean that up!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[joan]

Stipe, that's why their noses are on the bottom of the tank, to sniff out the bloodworms.

 

[al]

Is it true that the morphed axolotls life span is drastically shortened? Has anyone determined the actually longevity of a morphed axolotl verses a typical one?
I know their are different theories of why this can spontaneously occur. I wonder if the shortened longevity is more so with the "forced" metamorphing (IE: adding iodine/thyroxin hormone etc).

 

[hayley-jane]

Thanks for sharing, those pictures are very interesting

 

[joan]

Al, I think one theory is that morpholotls have a shorter life span because of the stress of morphing. They're not accustom to the stress like tiger sals would be. However, I really have no evidence of this, and can't say one way or another.