Always Smiling Amphibian Featured on Mexican Money Is So Cute it’s Being Hoarded and Never Spent It’s always interesting to see what images states put on their money. Mexico recently redesigned its 50 peso note with the image of a perpetually smiling amphibian found only in the country called the axolotl, and it’s become so well loved it’s being hoarded. Thomas Graeme at the Guardian brought the story to light that […] The post Always Smiling Amphibian Featured on Mexican Money Is So Cute it’s Being Hoarded and Never Spent appeared first on Good News Network.

Always Smiling Amphibian Featured on Mexican Money Is So Cute it’s Being Hoarded and Never Spent: It’s always interesting to see what images states put on their money. Mexico recently redesigned its 50 peso note… @goodnewsnetwork.org #Axolotl #MexicanMoney #50PesoNote #CuteAnimals #SaveTheAxolotl

This is no world for an axolotl Despite the creatures’ regenerative abilities, scientists are no longer finding them in their natural habitat of Xochimilco, Mexico City due to invasive species, pollution, tourism and climate change

The axolotl’s habitat is shrinking. Invasive species, pollution, tourism & climate change are to blame. #SaveTheAxolotl #ClimateActionNow #BiodiversityLoss

These critically endangered salamanders show incredible intelligence in maze navigation and can recognize individual caretakers! They're the only vertebrates that can regenerate entire body parts, including their brain. Fewer than 1,000 remain in the wild. #SaveTheAxolotl #EndangeredSpecies

Axolotls have exploded in popularity, but they are fighting for survival As axolotls are capturing hearts around the globe, their wild counterparts hover on the brink of extinction.

Axolotls have exploded in popularity, but they are fighting for survival: As axolotls are capturing hearts around the globe, their wild counterparts hover on the brink of extinction.

#AxolotlConservation #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeProtection #AmphibianAwareness #SaveTheAxolotl #EarthDotCom