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Lake Xochimilco

The only natural habitat of the axolotl--also known as the "water monster" and the "Mexican walking fish"-- is the Xochimilco network of lakes and canals, built by the Aztecs but now suffering from pollution and urban sprawl.

Farewell my lovely? The demise of the Mexican ‘water monster’ may have arrived

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Mexico’s wierd “walking fish” may have disappeared from its only known natural habitat in Mexico City’s few remaining lakes