内容摘要：The M23 has previously controlled Rubaya for periods of time, and the U.N. asserted that, even before the

The M23 has previously controlled Rubaya for periods of time, and the U.N. asserted that, even before the

“He was hunted down and killed,” said Arturo Montero, archeologist of the National Commission of Protected Natural Areas. “And from his death came a creature: axolotl.”Manuel Rodriguez sits atop a canoe shaped like an axolotl during its symbolic release in the canals of Xochimilco, a borough of Mexico City, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)

Manuel Rodriguez sits atop a canoe shaped like an axolotl during its symbolic release in the canals of Xochimilco, a borough of Mexico City, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)According to Montero, the myth implies that, after a god’s passing, its essence gets imprisoned in a mundane creature, subject to the cycles of life and death. Axolotl then carries within itself the Xolotl deity, and when the animal dies and its divine substance transits to the underworld, it later resurfaces to the earth and a new axolotl is born.“Axolotl is the twin of maize, agave and water,” Montero said.

Current fascination toward axolotl and its rise to sacred status in pre-Hispanic times is hardly a coincidence. It was most likely sparked by its exceptional biological features, Montero said.Through the glass of a fish tank, where academic institutions preserve them and hatcheries put them up for sale, axolotl are hard to spot. Their skin is usually dark to mimic stones — though an albino, pinkish variety can be bred — and they can stay still for hours, buried in the muddy ground of their natural habitats or barely moving at the bottom of their tanks in captivity.

Aside from their lungs, they breathe through their gills and skin, which allows them to adapt to its aquatic environment. And they can regenerate parts of its heart, spinal cord and brain.

A woman holds an axolotl during a media presentation in Xochimilco, a borough of Mexico City, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A suicide bomber in the

on Sunday targeted young recruits waiting to register at a military camp, killing at least 13 and wounding 21 others, witnesses said.Mogadishu has been repeatedly targeted by

which has waged an insurgency for over a decade. The group frequently attacks military and government sites as part of its effort to impose its strict interpretation of Islamic law.“There was a loud explosion, and immediately people began running in all directions. Bodies were everywhere,” said Abdulkadir Hassan Mohamed, a tuk-tuk driver who witnessed the blast.