It can regenerate bits of its body. Ancient Mexicans revered it as a mischievous, shape-shifting god.
They named it axolotl — translation: "water monster" — and it s a "salamander with a Mona Lisa smile," reports the Washington Post, "an alien-looking creature with a permanent grin .
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