The Mudpuppy A North American Version Of The Axolotl 

For the African Butterfly fish project. Since I'm entering back into the fish hobby myself this is all I can afford to throw at you. Love the fact you have a mudpuppy. We have to figure out how to breed them.

My goodness! At least 65 yrs just melted away. I had forgotten mudpuppies until just now. In the mid '50's we moved from the NE (upper New York, Mass., Pennsylvania) to Ca on Route 66 but I recall the mudpuppies. Life in the streams, the air, the basement, the forests was so plentiful back then en mass. My father encouraged curiosity but not interference. Thank you so much for all the videos, They deeply respect and preserve nature down to the microscopic level.

Amazing work! Bonus: You filmed and published this video on my birthday last year.

I lived and worked in China for a number of years. Unfortunately I’ve seen a live giant salamander in a tank in a restaurant as a menu item! Great video as usual 🤓👍

I use to have couple of "waterdogs" that were actually the larval stage of the tiger salamander. They were labeled that in the pet store lol. On a side note, *both* the water dog and the axolotl are native to North America

Mud Puppies are gorgeous creatures, what amazing faces. They make their food disappear like a magic trick, and I didn’t know they remained static at a juvenile stage their whole life. I love their external gills, very majestic. I have always thought some Chinese Dragons resembled Salamanders at some stage of development…maybe the giant Salamanders gave rise to the image. Thank you Dave, for sharing these beautiful beings with us, you never disappoint.🖤🇨🇦

my high school scuba buddies and I used to catch these in a lake in southern Michigan in the early 1970's. they made long holes in the sides of the lake (sharp inclined walls). We used to stick our hands into their holes and feel for them. then drag them out to look at. we would then put them back into their holes. they ranged to slightly over a foot in length. it was alot of fun!!

That was amazing! What a beautiful little critter! 😍

Every video a home run! Thanks!

I have had a mudpuppy for the last year its a cool pet. I saved mine from a group of children at a swimming spot in Oklahoma. It cost me one dip net and a minnow trap lol

Thank you for this short film and thanks to your sponsor too!

I love my puppies so much

Fascinating! Very nice look into the mudpuppy realm Dave, I hope eventually they may take some prepared sinking foods, that would certainly make keeping them easier. Great video, as all of your videos are superb 🙂⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I wish mudpuppies became beloved in the pet trade rather than axolotls. Only because they're much cuter and I'm in the uk and I want an ethically sourced mud puppy.

Really neat animals.

Know It Alls: Mudpuppies! Written and illustrated by The Dave

Great video as always ! Thank you, these little creatures are as weird as they are cute 😊

My dad said they seen more of those in the creeks here in Southeast Tennessee when he was growin up than you do now..i havent heard anyone mention one o these creatures in years

I didn't know mud puppies were native to my state! I hope I'll get to see one someday. Im fascinated by these, axolotls, olms, and other aquatic salamanders

Loved this. he is so cute. I have 4 axolotls, three boys and a girl. I keep them at 65 degrees (f). I feed them worms and fresh shrimp.

Just found this video while researching mudpuppies and I've got to say, your presentation stile is amazing, you cover every relevant topic anyone might want to know, not just the care of the animal in at home aquariums but plenty of information relevant to understanding the animal as more than just a pet. plus the footage you used is both high quality and engaging, enough that i found myself pausing my research to focus on your video, the slower pace you present your information is great, the only thing id recommend is adding chapters to your videos so finding relevant information is easier keep up the good work.

Hi dave i wonder if u want to make a video about caridina shrimp i love ur vids as usual and would love to see a new shrimp vid. Love u

Northern North America

Axolotls are perfectly fine with other fish I have to has them in a community thank for 3 years they only sometimes get little shrimp and if a really small fish swims close to its mouth or if the fish is dead

Cute little mudpuppies you got there! ❤☺

I'm amazed watching such beautiful amphibian. Looking at them we think about adult animals, and sudden surprise - they are (ok, many of them) lifelong babies ! Neoteny is fascinating thing, I'm jealous, adult life sometimes sucks 🤨 About mudpuppy healthy aquarium, perhaps you can add sanitary crew , for example cold water shrimp or another organism who can eat their poo ?

Great video

Hello & thanks for such an interesting video. As a keeper of Axolotls I'm surprised these can eat Cray fish but Axolotls can't gecayse they can't digest the exoskeleton. How come these can? What would happen if you kept these with Axolotls? Thanks 🇬🇧

You are so good at taking footage of these fish, so cool to see closeups of them

Love the little hop they do when they suck in the food.

I once catch one of these while fishing. It was scary AF.

I'm just commenting to ask do you have any plans to make a video about American eels? I've seen this guy that has what he calls an eel pit and they seem pretty interesting fish. Cheers!

I haven't heard or seen these since the 80's I was a kid and we fished with them you could buy 12 for a dollar or catch them yourself looking in water meter box this was in north Texas. Thanks for sharing

I’ve never seen them or have and I forgot

My dad told me a crazy story about scientists doing testing on mud puppies in a lab in Maine, but the lab flooded from the nearby lake and theres now a small population of them in the lake. He definitely caught some there ice fishing about 30 years ago but they're still not in Maine according to the map. I always thought these guys were really cool from the stories, thank you for the informative video!

Wow! How can you keep the water cold for this creature?

got them here in the oneida area only ever seen them in the barge

I caught one of these things while ice fishing in Michigan years ago. Surprised the hell out of me. It was big, 20" at least. Scrappy son of a gun, it was a task to get the hook out of its mouth.

I found the mudkip

First and last time I ever seen a mud puppy his head was stuck in a pop can. I tried to pull him out but it was already too late

Three Lakes Park, located in Henrico County, Va, has these guys.

Just cought 2 in the Wolf River in Wisconsin yesterday one was about 15" the second 12"

Pro tip: Keep them in basment, easier to keep them the lower temperature ;) And you can feed them with your wild looking (uncolour shrimps) too...

Yay New video :D Something better than knowing tham im going with the class going on ice skates i think they are called and i dont know how to go with them. Im sure this video will be great.

We have water dogs in Arkansas as well

Axolotls are exclusively North American as well. Mexico is in North America.

Ive found a few dead ones at a lake here in Michigan

I didn't know these even existed! I find these to be more interesting than axolotls imo and if I had a chance I'd prefer them over

hi waht filter would you reccomend for these animals .I have a wild caught specimen that only eats live worms

I live in eastern Kansas. Where would you find mud puppies? I remember as child finding them but that’s so long ago.

Excellent video as always 😊👍 Thank you! But the Ambystoma mexicanum is also from North America. Not Center, not South but North 😂 If you want to put it one way, the Necturus are further north than the Ambystoma mexicanum 😂 Like Ambystoma mexicanum, wild Necturus only can be found in very precise zone in the planet, in this case in one part of the United States and Canada. And Necturus are not as popular like Ambystoma mexicanum for many reasons, but one of them is that the studies and attempts to prevent the wild Ambystoma mexicanum from becoming extinct have been bigger. But also as you mentioned, the Necturus grow much more than the Ambystoma mexicanum and are more aggressive.

mudpuppy are like puppies. undead vicious puppies

Hey Dave how much does a mudpuppy cost and how long do you expect them to live

Regarding axolotls... Is it possible for one to live in a California alpine lake? I had an incredible experience with an alien in the water. Freaked me out!

Where did you buy yours at?

I love your videos - how can I contact you? I would be interested in using some of your recordings for my research.

I caught 5 or 6 of em in minneapolis tthe other day

Actually, water dogs are the giant larva of tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum), which unsurprisingly look like Axolotls because they share the same genus.

“Mudpuppys the North American version of Axolotls” Axolotls are North American animals, they live in Mexico, A NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRY

Dave: (Southern accent) Mhm. Muppies, I love 'em. 🦎❤

I used to keep mud puppies as a child. 17" must be on the outer range of their maximum size. I live in Wisconsin, and I've never seen a mud puppy larger than 10-13". I wonder if the 17" number is from the southern part of their range. I used to regularly catch mud puppies when bottom fishing for bullheads.

I am in northern Ohio, can I find those in a decent creek

I had one for four years but I had to give it away because my aunt had some problems. I had to go to somewhere and for four weeks and when I came back it was still alive because i put a lot of bugs in the tank. Also my tank was four or five feet so it had alot of space. It was alone

How big are they now?

They are so wierd and cute! We have a skeleton of one of these guys in the into bio lab I TA!

I just caught 2 today on chicken liver

Axolotl's are from Mexico, So they are already North American, lol

🤠 ( Cowboy/Southern accent) Howdy, Dave! How are them mudpuppies of yours doin'?

How do eastern newts catch their food?

how do i know if a pond has bass or carp

Mexico is in North America

We're can I get one

Wait a minute! I thought the Axolotl was a North American salamander. I was under the impression that the Axolotl was from mexico.

Control them 🧠

Always catch these ice fishing when I'm too close to the bottom pissis me off

I've seen those little guys before.

Hey Dave, love the content as always but I recommend next you pronounce Axolotl the way it is supposed to be pronounced. In reality, Axolotl isn’t an English word or name and therefor shouldn’t be pronounced that way. In the indigenous language x doesn’t make an x sound and the l at the end isn’t pronounced either. Honestly not a huge deal and I’m not giving crap for it because I used to pronounce it wrong too but I feel like we should give it justice by pronouncing it the way it truly is Edit: look for a video on the proper way to pronounce because it is difficult to tell you through text

No, the North American version of the Axolotl is the Tiger Salamander. These animals aren't closely related, aside from both being salamanders.

You keep pausing your video for too long