Oh yeah, and one more thing. I almost forgot, speaking of preservation
of life, some of you might be wondering what happened to a certain white aquadragon, our
most recent addition to the Antiverse, who was placed into the Golden Springs last week
to help with eating dead ants. If the Leviathans and Rasbora fish are living
there now, where is the white aquadragon? Well, last week I as well as many of you,
felt our newcomer needed a bigger space to live, one that was colder, and more interesting
for the dragon. Well, AC Family, in a parallel universe, an
unexplored underworldly abyss, much more frigid, inhabited by the likes of giant griffins,
and waterworlds teaming with life, sprung my newest grand creation. AC Family, behold! Welcome to Axolotland, into which someone
special is about to move in! Please susbcribe to my channel and hit the
bell icon. Welcome to the AC Family! Enjoy! In a flowing rush of bubbles and water, our
white aquadragon floated to the sandy bottom floor of Axolotland. It stood still for a moment, realizing that
it was no longer in the Golden Springs, that perhaps the Golden Springs was more of a temporary
holding cell. What a peculiar world, he thought to himself. It was rather colourful but cozy, and much
bigger of a space than he was used to. And then suddenly, the skies darkened, another
flurry of bubbles and water. Oh? Thought he had seen a tail, but perhaps it
was just his imagination... or not. She, too, was quite bewildered by the new
environment. This aquadragon was larger with a differently
shaped face. Our first aquadragon was determined to just
stay put. He wasn't going to move an inch. He was nervous and unsure what was going on. Meanwhile, our female had decided to start
snooping around towards the back. She too had never experienced a land this
large. A rounded corner? How peculiar! She turned to approach her shy friend. "Hey, buddy!" she called. "Hey man, what do you think of this place? Pretty weird huh?" "Ummm... hello? Are you alive? It's a myth that we Axolotls are blind, you
know? I can totally see you respiring!" She looked and prodded and tried to investigate
what was going on with her seemingly frozen friend. But, he wouldn't budge, so she decided she
was going to just move on and continue exploring these new, vacant lands. "Alright, get off me already" our male axolotl
said. He was determined to explore these strange
lands on his own. A little anti-social perhaps, but he's had
a long 24 hrs. Now if you look carefully at our female aquadragon,
you may notice she has some injuries she's recovering from. Her last home at the pet shop was packed with
many axolotls in unclean waters, so she could be recovering from injuries from tank mates
or previous unclean water from her last home. I've chosen her in hopes to show her a better
life with us in Axolotland. And what an interesting world it was, AC Family. Axolotland was a large 30 gallon cubical space
for our aquadragons to fly through its echoey spaces. I've created Axolotland to be an enchanted
mountain village, perfect habitat for a dragon. Great java moss-covered wooden arches stretched
from one end of the valley to the next. These mosses would help with absorbing some
toxic nitrogenous compounds produced from the aquadragons' waste in between water changes
every two days. Another one of my favourite Axolotlandmarks,
is this cute bubble feature, a bubble spring, to help give these waters a bit of an oxygenating
boost, and word has it aquadragons love playing in them. "This place isn't so bad, I guess." "But it doesn't mean I have to make friends
with anyone!" He said as he stomped his way forward. "You were saying?" The two aquadragons came face to face. What were they going to do? Would they fight? They inched their way closer. In the end, the male turned around and backed
away. Though the two were not friends at first,
I knew eventually our male would warm up to his larger more outgoing companion. And I was right. As the days went on, they shared cave space. They looked so cute together in the shadows. Speaking of caves, Axolotland wouldn't be
dragon habitat if it didn't have its share of dragon's den-like caves and darkened retreats. The aquadragons would peek their heads out
of cave holes to let the "You didn't do your research" army know, "Hey guys, I'm ok!" Eventually it became clear that they were
used to hanging out together, chilling at a healthy distance from each other, aware
of each other's presence, and doing their thing, while taking periodic gulps of air
at the surface. In fact, I loved watching them ascend to the
water's surface to take gulps of air. They were just so cute! I could literally watch them bobbing for air
all night long! I would catch them frolicking together around
the bubble springs. Seems the rumours are true. But I think my favourite thing I catch them
doing is seeing how they chillax on this moss-covered driftwood. Check her out, just chillin', suspended in
her sweet spot. In fact, the axolotls have amazing floating
capabilities, which make it look like they are floating downwards from the skies. A few times, I will catch our aquadragons
doing this, hanging out on the mosses like they're the greatest beds around! It's just adorable how relaxed and comfy she
looks up there on her bed of moss. This, AC Family, is apparently a moss bed
fit for a dragon. The axolotls will frequently hop from moss
bed to moss bed, relaxing for a brief period. Now axolotls usually get stressed under light,
as they're naturally nocturnal creatures, but they have been known to get used to some
lights. I feel our aquadragons here must have been
raised under lights and don't mind the lights we've chosen to illuminate Axolotland. Such good aquadragons. I wished I could give this one some scratches,
as she watched the bubble spring. You could really sense that these creatures
were intelligent. As you saw in our video two weeks ago, these
guys love bloodworms, but I also love feeding them earthworms! Check it out, AC Family! She smells it and sucks into her mouth. Delicious! The only problem with earthworms, I found,
was that sometimes the earthworms would go undetected by the axoltols and I would often
have to retrieve the earthworms to try again until they found them. So, the breeder recommended I try feeding
them a quality meat pellet that he used made of shrimp, fish, and chicken components. Let's put some in now for them. They're a sinking pellet and float right to
the bottom. It was perfect timing because our aquadragons
were hungry and foraging for food, leaving no cave nor crevice unturned. This one was certain she'd find some food
in this cave. She was going in! I knew it was only a matter of time before
the smell of these meat pellets would start to float its way towards the axolotls. And sure enough, it wasn't long before our
aquadragons had picked up the scent of the food. She smells something. She sticks her nose to the ground. Axolotls hunt by scent, as well as through
movement in the water picked up through lateral line organs at the sides of their heads and
trunk, but in this case the pellets are going to have to be found primarily through smell. She frequently takes mini vacuum sucks with
her mouth when she thinks there's food in front of her. It's how they catch their prey. And look who else has managed to catch a whiff
of the meat pellets. The male was inching closer, as well as the
female. Our male comes closer and... Bam! Success! It looks like our female is having some issues. She's sucking at nothing at the moment. Axolotls allegedly have ok eye sight, but
not the best eye-sight. They rely greatly on their smell and movement
perception. Our female knows it's here somewhere. She can sense it somewhere in this crevice! When she's confident she's close, she sucks
in a blast of water, and oh... missed! It's now by her feet. Our male smells a pellet quite near. Will he manage to suck it up from this crevice? Let's watch! I swear, I am always on the edge of my seat
watching these axolotls eating! Strike! Oh, didn't reach the pellet. He tries again. He just knows it's here! And bang... did he get it? Nope. Still there. He tried again and missed. Finally, third time's a charm. Success! He spits out the sand that came with the catch,
but inevitably he may swallow a few grains. This sand is very fine however, and should
pass through his system ok. Some axolotl keepers keep their tanks bare
in fear of sand impaction, while others swear they've used fine sand for years without problems. Now AC Family, what I saw next was the cutest
thing ever. Our male and female aquadragons came face
to face, and like a cute couple in love, nuzzled each other, without any squabble or annoyance. These two were definitely besties now, as
they searched for food together along the floor of their kingdom. I was happy that our axolotls had now become
official friends. I never saw any aggression between these two. They would sometimes nudge each other out
of each other's way, but there was never any fight nor biting, which can happen when axolotls
are put together in a space that is too confining. Perhaps one day they may become more than
friends. Could you imagine if one day these two end
up mating and we have baby axolotls? I will keep an eye on the female and let you
know if she starts showing signs of carrying eggs. I will monitor this pair of aquadragons of
ours carefully, feed them well, keep them cold, and offer them all the love I can. I have noticed that their gills are starting
to look better and better each day, feathering out healthily, especially the female. But just to give them an extra treat tonight,
I added more meat pellets, on behalf of you the AC Family, in hopes that one day we will
see the start of an aquadragon family in this grand kingdom known as Axolotland. Let's hope for the best. It's axolotlove forever! Man, axolotl is so hard to say so many times! Alright AC Family, what did you think? Aren't these Axolotls the cutest amphibians
you ever did see? I'm doing my best to make sure these two live
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can follow their stories and better appreciate how these ant kingdoms came to be, and why
we love them so much! AC Inner Colony, I have left a hidden cookie
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would like to help with naming these two creatures. Looking forward to what the AC Inner Colony
will choose for suitable names for our aquadragons. And before we proceed to the AC Question of
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