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__**Future Animal -Wincheliose fishanneia**__

Adaptation
Due to the current habits, living style and the living environment of axolotls, it is believed that it will evolve to a new specie - wincheliose fishanneiawill be formed. One of wincheliose fishanneia's adaptations is the capability of regenerating lost body parts. This can help them to survive, as they won’t lose their lives for losing small parts of their body, such as toes and tails. Without this adaptation, they may die and are not able to reproduce.

Wincheliose fishanneia retains its larval tail during neoteny, but it grows wider as they become mature. A bigger surface of their tails ( around 10 cm wide and 3 cm long ) helps to improve mobility and also helps to balance while swimming in water, which also increase their swimming speed. Without the tail, wincheliose fishanneia won’t be able to swim so fast in water to catch worms, insects, and small fish then they will starve to death. Then, they won’t be able to reproduce and may lead to extinction.

Around 60 small and sharp teeth (3mm long) will develop when they are mature, it will help them to eat up bigger insects, longer worms and will be able to eat bigger fishes. This adaptation offer a wider choice on food for Wincheliose fishanneia compared to axolotls and amphibamus.By having these sharp teeth, the wincheliose fishanneia is able to eat more variety of foods including bigger incescts, bigger worms and bigger fishes, which give them a higher survival rate. Then, they will be able to reproduce.

Four fins will be developed in Wincheliose fishanneia instead of the four limbs in axolotls. As it is completely aquatic, limbs are not necessary needed while fins can do a better job in balancing in water and can also increase the speed when swimming. This adaptation allows it to swim faster while balancing better, which then it will be easier for it to catch more insects, worms and fishes for food. Without this adaptation, it will be harder for them to find food and starve to death. This adaptation will give them a higher survival rate, thus can reproduce. The trail with crest allows them to have a better control in balancing and changing direction when swimming. If they do not have the trail, they would not be able to swim fast when catching food, so they will starve and die, or even they may lose balance and crash into stones or other creatures or objects in the water then die, which then they cannot reproduce.

Gills are adapted. Grills allow Wincheliose fishanneia to breathe in water. The original lungs that develop in axolotls are no longer existing in Wincheliose fishanneia. Lungs cannot function under water, therefore, as time passes, the lungs do not develop in Wincheliose fishanneia anymore. Without the grills, Wincheliose fishanneia won’t be able to breath in water and will die, they then they cannot reproduce.

Wincheliose fishanneia have their sensory organs located along the sides of their head and trunk, they help them to find food by smell and by their lateral line organs as they do not have good eyes. Without this adaptation, they won’t be able to find food or will crash into stones or other sea creatures, as they cannot see properly with their eyes. They may die as a result, and then cannot reproduce.

Habitat


It is assumed that after 10000 years, Wincheliose fishannei will swim to other lakes nearby Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco in Mexico, such as San Diego Murray Lake. (refer to map 3) Wincheliose fishannei is cold blooded like the other fishes, a suitable temperature of around 20 to 30 degrees Celsius and a moist habitat is required to continue their lives. Due to climate change and global warming, the land temperature is assumed that will reach 40 degrees or above in Mexico within 13000 years. Therefore, it is impossible for Wincheliose fishanneia to have any activities on land. As the water temperature ofthe lakes in Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco in Mexico will not go over a maximum temperature of 35 degree Celsius, it is still suitable for them to continue their lives and reproduce there like their ancestor, axolotls. This new species, Wincheliose fishanneia will be completely aquatic and will lose the lungs and limbs, and officially become a fish.

Deep water is a home for many types of aquatic life, including Wincheliose fishannei. Deep water is required for fishes’ reproduction, so so wincheliose fishannei’s, as all the lakes nearby Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco in Mexico have deep water, it is believed that it is a very suitable place for them to reproduce.

The lakes near Lake Xochimilco and Lake Chalco also have areas that are covered by rootless floating. These plants produce the oxygen that Wincheliose fishanneis need to continue their lives. These rootless floating plants also provide a place for Wincheliose fishanneis to find food.

Worms (e.g. white worms) and insects were easily found in this area, since the climate there will be warm and moist, which is suitable for insects and worms to reproduce, and other species of fishes will be also found in both the lakes, which then will provide food for the Wincheliose fishanneia to eat and maintain their lives, which then allowed them to reproduce.

Possible pressure that may contributes to extinction
Due to global warming, the temperature may continue to increase in the future, and also affect the temperature in water. If the water temperature rises over 40 degrees Celsius, then Wincheliose fishanneia will no longer survive and will be unable to reproduce and lead to extinction.

Another possible pressure that may lead to the extinction of Wincheliose fishanneia is water pollution and swage. Fresh water is the basic element the any fish is needed to maintain their lives, if the water is polluted, Wincheliose fishanneia’s health will be directly harmed and may cause possible deaths, which then they can reproduce and lead to extinction.

=__Extinct Axolotl__= Amphibamus =__Mordern Axolotl__= __axolotl__ =__Other Aquatic Animals__ = Blue Wales Dolphin Killer Wale

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