Mexico: Nuns save endangered salamanders

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Source: BBC/ICN

A convent of Mexican nuns is helping to save the one of the world's most endangered and most remarkable amphibians: the axolotl, a truly bizarre creature of serious scientific interest worldwide and an animal of deep-rooted cultural significance in Mexico.

The Sisters of Immaculate Health rarely venture out of their monastery in the central Mexican town of Patzcuaro. Yet they have become the most adept and successful breeders of their local species of this aquatic salamander.

Read today's BBC report: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b50kx3

Watch a video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfRMhBzkUbE