Axolotl - the Mexican wonder healer

A video by the Max Planck Society regarding the regeneration qualities of the Mexican salamander. The researchers believe that humans lost the ability to completely regenerate during the course of evolution. It is, however, possible that this ability has only been suppressed and could somehow be reactivated in the future. Video date 2004. Source-
http://www.mpg.de/english/illustrationsDocumentation/multimedia/scienceMovies...

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[dominantgazelle]

i;ve never seen an axolotl as fat as the one at :24

[Ealija]

i would love to regenerate >:D i would be invincible! except if i die when im old ._________.

[m00hzor]

Having an axie of our own, vids like these make watching them (which is irresistible anyway) even more intriguing, even though we already knew they regenerated fast, of course :).

Though the test subject was not an albino :p (its a Leucistic axolotl, albinos lack pigment in the eyes)

Isn't it just amazing how old these creatures have grown, and ultimately even serve us in science after coming such a long way? ♥

[Shannen93Aus]

Isn't that a bit cruel, cutting off tails and legs? I mean, sure, they bite it off in the wild, but...these ones aren't in the wild :( Poor little axies

[jadedflames]

haha. 4:32 BOOT TO THE HEAD.

[kevinchong77]

@Ealija no u wouldnt ud be a test subject forever until they find out how to replicate it

[G1GAR0]

Why another fucking nacionalty have a mexican axolotl there are only in México Xochimilco and even in México is pretty difcult get one.

[Gorilla1608]

@dominantgazelle probably goes dormant till the heart regenerates

[Gorilla1608]

@TsukiShia oh boo huu nobody cares

[akkimam]

at 4:36 the right one says talk to the hand

[carlwal01]

i think it is marvlous,