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a salamander that refused to grow up and accidentally became immortal-ish doing it
regrows everythinglimbs, spine, heart, even parts of its brain
forever babykeeps larval gills its entire adult life
nearly extinctbarely survives in one Mexico City lake system
cancer resistantdevelops tumors roughly a thousand times less than mammals
aztec godnamed for Xolotl, deity of fire and lightning