Toothless the dragon looks like an axolotl!

[Myst]

I wonder if axolotls were part of the inspiration for Toothless from How To Train Your Dragon? I was showing my young cousins my axey Nuka (they were delighted, and had to be told many times that no, i can't take her out, and yes, she does have legs, but no, i can't take her out, etc) when one of them spotted the cardboard Toothless I was partway through making for my little brother (hadnt put on the wings yet) and proclaimed 'look there's another one!' Toothless does look remarkably like an axolotl, especially when his teeth are retracted

http://images2.fanpop.com/image/quiz/338000/338883_1262164185247_312_327.jpg

 

[shmifty5]

i don't see the resemblence, maybe im odd or something...

 

[oceanblue]

I have to say that when watching the trailer my wife gave me a dig in the ribs and said that looks just like an axolotl!

 

[melfly]

The dragon did remind me of Florence my axolotl!

Mel

 

[Gingrich]

That was exactly what I was thinking when I first saw Toothless!