So, you know, why I like the axolotl. - Why?

所以，你知道为什么我喜欢螈吗？- 为什么？

The axolotl is native only to Mexico.

螈原产于墨西哥。

Today I'm here with my axolotl Monty.

今天我和我美西螈蒙蒂在一起。

I'm not saying I'm an axolotl expert.

我不是说我是螈专家。

Looking a little long, and I have a little axolotl pneumonia.

看起来有点长，而且我得螈肺炎。

This is what the inside of your axolotl look like.

这就是你螈体内样子。

As the museum opened to its first visitors, the axolotl's popularity with the public was very clear.

随着该博物馆向第一批参者开放，螈在公众中受欢迎程度是非常明显。

Take Trimerorhachis, which looked like an overgrown axolotl.

以 Trimerorhachis 为例，它看起来像一只长得螈。

Let's take a look back at that adorable little axolotl with the findings of two recent studies.

让我们根据最近两项研究结果来回顾一下那只可爱螈。

This particular type of axolotl, a very close relative, is known as an achoque.

这种特殊类型螈，非常近亲，被称为无脊椎动物。

When an axolotl loses a limb, tissues stimulate growth in the area.

当螈失去肢体时，组织会刺激该区域生长。

If interest grows, farmers could recover abandoned chinampas and support the local community— along with the axolotl.

如果兴趣增加，农民可以恢复废弃 chinampas 并支持当地社区 - 以及螈。

To better understand the axolotl's baffling biology, scientists sequenced its genome.

为更好地解螈令人费解生物学特性，科学家对其基因组进行测序。

In Aztec tradition, a rebel god named Xolotl turned himself into an axolotl to hide and avoid being killed by his other gods.

在阿兹特克人传统文化中，一位名叫索洛托反叛神将自己变成螈，以躲避其他神追杀。

The man, who did not want to give his last name, showed off a small axolotl tattoo he had on his arm.

这名男子不愿透露自己姓氏，他展示他手臂上一个螈纹身。

The simplest explanation for this is that the axolotl lineage alone lost the ability to metamorphose, while others retained it.

最简单解释就是只有美西螈家系失去变形能力，而其他家系都保持着这种能力。

Scientists hope that one day we'll be able to apply the axolotl's masterful tumor suppression and regenerative abilities to the human body.

科学家们希望有一天我们能够将螈强肿瘤抑制和再生能力应用于人体。

Investigating the axolotl's genome, scientists saw many repeated sequences, most of which don't code for proteins and have no known function.

通过调查螈基因组，科学家们发现许多重复序列，其中部分不编码蛋白质，也没有已知功能。

However, the biggest factor that sets axolotl regeneration apart may not be a set of unique genes, but how they regulate their genes.

然而，螈再生与众不同最因素可能不是一组独特基因，而是它们如何调节自己基因。

The researchers found that, like biological wrecking balls, certain jumping genes need to be shackled in the axolotl's cells or they might disrupt their process of regeneration.

研究人员发现， 就像生物破坏球一样， 某些跳跃基因需要束缚在螈细胞中，否则它们可能会破坏它们再生过程。