Axolotls - plus interview with Dr. S. Randal Voss

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🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Axolotls are territorial, regenerative, and maybe hold the secret to eternal youth. Oh, and they're suuuuper cute. In this episode, we share 10 cool facts about axolotls, then we share our interview with Dr. S. Randal Voss. Dr. Voss is one of the leading experts on axolotls, and he shares all sorts of facts about what makes them unique, why they are critically endangered in the wild, and how kids can help protect them.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to cool facts about animals, the podcast for kids and by kids.
0:07.6	And today we have a special episode.
0:11.7	And it's special because we have an interview plus 10 facts about what?
0:18.7	I don't know. I'm going to have to axolotl questions.
0:22.6	We get to know the answer to that one.
0:25.6	He-he-he.
0:26.6	We're doing ax-a-lottles.
0:28.8	That's right.
0:29.3	And it's funny because we just recently got a message from one of our listeners named Hayden,
0:33.9	and I'm going to play that for you.
0:35.8	Did you know that axolotles are extremely territorial, and they're critically endangered, sadly?
0:43.3	Anyway, I love your podcast. Is there any way to give you six stars because you guys are awesome?
0:49.3	Um, also, can you do an episode on axolotles?
0:53.3	Axelotles are my favorite animals.
0:56.5	Thank you.
0:57.9	So the timing of that was pretty funny because we had probably just interviewed Professor Voss right when we got this email.
1:04.6	And we are happy to play it.
1:05.7	And we also really appreciate your kind words.
1:07.3	Thanks, Hayden.
1:08.0	Thank you.
1:08.7	And like Quarteroy mentioned, we also have an interview.
1:16.2	We're going to do 10 facts and then our interview with Dr. Stephen Randall Voss. He is one of the world's experts on axolotles and especially studies how they regenerate, which is really very,
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