#RA-2255Read AloudCore & AcademicMedium
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Prep: 30-40 Seconds
It's unclear why the animals look forever young, but it may be because their native lakes never dried up, at least not before Spanish colonizers started draining lakes near present day Mexico City to control flooding in the 1600s. Other amphibians that live in areas with transient streams or lakes mature from water living young into adults capable of thriving on land or in water.
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