In Aztec mythology, the god Xolotl was a symbol of many things: fire and lightning, but also dogs, sickness, and more.
在阿兹特克神话中，Xolotl神是许多事物的象征：火和闪电，但也有狗，疾病，等等。
A melange of a deity, basically – and the strange salamander named after him is, aptly enough, an unusual hybrid too.
基本上是神的混血-以他命名的奇怪蝾螈也是一个不同寻常的混血儿。
Axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum), sometimes known as Mexican walking fish, are not actually fish at all, but amphibians, ones gifted with an amazing trait that borders on being a superpower: the ability to regenerate entire body parts if they go missing.
axolotls(Ambystoma Maxanum)，有时被称为墨西哥步行鱼，实际上根本不是鱼，而是两栖动物，它们具有近乎超级大国的惊人特征：如果遗失了整个身体部位，就有再生的能力。
Other salamanders can replace lost limbs, but the axolotl's talents for regrowth may be unique.
其他蝾螈可以替代失去的四肢，但Axolotl再生的天赋可能是独一无二的。
It can regenerate limbs, but also its tail, eyes, ovary and lung tissue, and spinal cord.
它可以再生四肢，但也可以再生它的尾巴，眼睛，卵巢和肺组织，以及脊髓。
Even whole sections of its brain and heart conveniently reappear, should they happen to disappear.
即使是大脑和心脏的整个部分也可以方便地重新出现，如果它们碰巧消失的话。
"It regenerates almost anything after almost any injury that doesn't kill it," says molecular biologist Grant Parker Flowers from Yale University.
耶鲁大学的分子生物学家格兰特·帕克·弗劳尔斯(Grant Parker Flowers)说：“几乎任何伤害都不会杀死它，它会再生几乎任何东西。”
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