Amusing Japanese Amphibian Discovered for First Time in 89 Years

Found again! Pure curiosity and careful observation led to the rediscovery of the wooper looper, or Japanese axolotl, by a Hokkaido University professor and his students.

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This isn’t just the rediscovery of an animal thought to be extinct - there was serious debate as to whether the “Japanese axolotl” EVER existed! This is practically a cryptid!!

Source: bogleech

yayyyyy wooper looper!!!!idk if the cryptid part is accurate but still yayy