Are you folks familiar with Axolotls?

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I recently did a painting of one of these cute critters:

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[Dear_Prudence]

1. Beautiful! nt

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4. Thanks!

[Glorfindel]

2. Yep, a poem from "Mad" Magazine:

I Wandered Lonely as a Clod
I wandered lonely as a clod,
Just picking up old rags and bottles,
When onward on my way I plod,
I saw a host of axolotls;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
A sight to make a man’s blood freeze.

Some had handles, some were plain;
They came in blue, red pink, and green.
A few were orange in the main;
The damnedest sight I’ve ever seen.
The females gave a sprightly glance;
The male ones all wore knee-length pants.

Now oft, when on the couch I lie,
The doctor asks me what I see.
They flash upon my inward eye
And make me laugh in fiendish glee.
I find my solace then in bottles,
And I forget them axolotls.

“I Wandered Lonely as a Clod”. (c) 1958 E.C. Publications, Inc.

I was about 12 year s old when I read the poem, and naturally I had to look up axolotls!

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3. Good old "Mad" magazine!

[AllaN01Bear]

7. hear . hear. had to look it up too.

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5. How cute!

Although, to be honest, my first thoughts went to the weapon (which I think is spelled and pronounced similarly). These little critters DO look like a disney creation! (LOL)

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6. When I finished painting it

My first thought was, no one's going to believe this is what they actually look like. But do a search on Google.Images and see for yourself!