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Luis the Axolotl

Meet Luis the Axolotl. Luis is named after wildlife biologist Luis Zambrano. Wild axolotls live exclusively in the swampy remnants of Lake Xochimilco and the canals leading to it on the southern edge of Mexico City. Axolotls once also lived in Lake Chalco, another of Mexico City's five "great lakes" where the ancient Aztecs settled. But all of those lakes, except for Xochimilco, were drained by the 1970s to prevent flooding and allow urban expansion. The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources considers axolotls critically endangered and their population declining. Surveys in 1998 and 2008 found that the population density had dropped from about 6,000 individuals per square kilometer to 100 individuals per square kilometer. A more recent survey in 2015 found about 35 individuals per square kilometer.

The axolotl is on the brink of annihilation in the canals of Mexico City, its only natural habitat. They are listed as critically endangered.

Aircraft Information

Aircraft Model: Airbus A321-271NeoX

Aircraft Registration: N606FR

Seat Capacity: 240

Engine Type: PW1133GA-JM

First Flight: 03/29/23

Final Assembly Location: USA

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