{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"CURE","provider_url":"https:\/\/cure.uni-saarland.de\/en\/","author_name":"Eva Hitschfel","author_url":"https:\/\/cure.uni-saarland.de\/en\/author\/eva-hitschfelkhk-uni-saarland-de\/","title":"Axolotl to Repair - CURE","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"CBZQyawjyt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cure.uni-saarland.de\/en\/media-library\/blog\/axolotl-to-repair\/\">Axolotl to Repair<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/cure.uni-saarland.de\/en\/media-library\/blog\/axolotl-to-repair\/embed\/#?secret=CBZQyawjyt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Axolotl to Repair&#8221; &#8212; CURE\" data-secret=\"CBZQyawjyt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/cure.uni-saarland.de\/wp\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cure.uni-saarland.de\/app\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Axolotl_Diana-1-e1742229133276.jpg","thumbnail_width":768,"thumbnail_height":768,"description":"Navigating an environment marred by pollution, the axolotl swims in the dark and grimy waters of Xochimilco Lake, its limbs floating in the current and its long, extended mouth making it look like it is playing, even smiling.Axolotls are \u201cthe aquatic youth of the fire animal, the salamander\u201d.[^1] They are amphibious and enjoy a unique biological feature called neoteny which allows them to continue their life in a larval stage and not become land salamanders. Because of this, humans have variously cataloged axolotls as beings in \u201ctruncated development\u201d,[^2] a \u201cphyletic reversion\u201d,[^3] or the \u201cPeter Pan of salamanders\u201d.[^4] But what is perhaps more interesting about axolotls is that they are even better equipped to repair themselves than their evolutionary \u201colder cousins\u201d, the salamanders. So, why become a salamander when it is possible to stay an axolotl?"}