A British 10-year-old child found a friendly face on a recent walk -- a wild axolotl, the first one ever found in the UK. <a href= "https://www.usatoday.com/story/pets-animals/2026/04/23/rare-axolotl-found-welsh-river-child/89759077007/?tbref=hp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axolotl love: British 10-year-old discovers endangered spacers in UK (Drew Pittock, USA Today, Apr 23, 2026)</a> <a href= "https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/axolotls-amphibians-that-never-grow-up.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Axolotls: Meet the amphibians that never grow up (Hayley Dunning, Natural History Museum, accessed Apr 24, 2026)</a> Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast <a href= "mailto:condensedsoup@proton.me">condensedsoup@proton.me</a> *This episode was recorded in my bedroom.

A British 10-year-old child found a friendly face on a recent walk -- a wild axolotl, the first one ever found in the UK. Axolotl love: British 10-year-old discovers endangered spacers in UK (Drew Pittock, USA Today, Apr 23, 2026) Axolotls: Meet the amphibians that never grow up (Hayley Dunning, Natural History Museum, accessed Apr 24, 2026) Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast condensedsoup@proton.me *This episode was recorded in my bedroom.

A British 10-year-old child found a friendly face on a recent walk -- a wild axolotl, the first one ever found in the UK. <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/pets-animals/2026/04/23/rare-axolotl-found-welsh-river-child/89759077007/?tbref=hp" rel="noopener noreferrer">Axolotl love: British 10-year-old discovers endangered spacers in UK (Drew Pittock, USA Today, Apr 23, 2026)</a> <a href="https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/axolotls-amphibians-that-never-grow-up.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">Axolotls: Meet the amphibians that never grow up (Hayley Dunning, Natural History Museum, accessed Apr 24, 2026)</a> Instagram: @condensedsouppodcast <a href="mailto:condensedsoup@proton.me" rel="noopener noreferrer">condensedsoup@proton.me</a> *This episode was recorded in my bedroom.

A wild axolotl in the UK?

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