#Axoposting... AxoFixations... [me??? omg..]

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looks at axofolk... please spill the lore if you dont mind :3c

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Axofolk are actually very genetically similar to our Axolotls! Although it's unknown how they are this genetically similar, since they developed on completely different planets. (Accidental evolutionary convergance...? Ambystona mexicanum [Axolotls] and Ambystona anthropos [Axofolk] are the species names.)

They come in the standard Axolotl colours — Brown, which makes up a majority of the population [brown is the typical colour of Axolotls found in the wild], Gold, and Leucistic. They can be born with 'freckles' on their skin— similar to some Axolotls. [I actually don't know the genetics behind them, I presume they're not identical to human freckles because... that wouldn't make sense.]

There's actually mythological roots in Axofolk culture behind Chimeras and Mosaics! Normally, they are created because axolotl eggs are very malleable and you can basically just split one in half and attach it to another half and they'll grow together perfectly fine. However, this isn't as possible for Axofolk, as they are ovoviviporous [they produce eggs, but they keep the eggs in their body to be fertilized. I actually took this from the mollies we have in our fish tank, because they do the same. It's a form of giving live birth.].

I haven't worked out the means of how they occur, but they have major cultural meaning, since it was thought that they were far more connected to the oceans and the lands than normal axofolk. Though... there hasn't been one in ages. [Literally ages.]

They are a sexually dimorphic species! Part of it is actually tied to how they breathe. Axofolk evolved to be amphibious — live in water and on land. But, they don't do as well on land since their bodies are still primarily aquadynamic. They have both frill and 'noses' — there's a form of breathing that some amphibious and semiaquatic species do that's called 'buccal breathing', and it allows them to breathe plain air.

Axofolk have this, which is how they can breathe in the water and on land. But, they need an area to store the air before it goes to the lungs, so they have... chests. All axofolk have chests. They're empty since it's just to store air, but they technically have chests. Female Axofolk tend to have larger chests to store more air, but anyone can have a large chest! Or a small chest! But they almost always have some chest.

Axofolk Culture would take a whole other post to really,, talk about. Like the last-name system, translations to english, cultural gender roles, stances on nonbinary folk and polyamoury, bathing and swimming culture, etc...

Admittedly this species is mostly a passion project, so it's only as detailed as I make it and when I feel like it. But... to be honest, this is probably more lore than I've ever made by myself in my life. RIP my creativity.