From: Andrew Clough (aclough@mit.edu)
Date: Sun May 12 2002 - 11:15:36 MDT
Given the context, I'm pretty sure that it was a reference to the Axotl
tanks used as artificial wombs in the later books of the Dune series.
At 04:18 AM 5/11/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>Amara Graps wrote:
> > P.S. to those who never heard this word, axolotls are the larva stage
> > (with gills) of a species of salamander of the genus Ambystoma.
> > Common in Mexico.
> > Spanish name: ajolote. Edible. Oil used like cod-liver oil.
>
>I thought that axolotls were salamanders that stayed neoteric. Can't they
>breed in larval form?
>
>They also can regenerate heart muscle, spinal cords, limbs and tails. The last
>two are not so unusual; the first two are.
>
>Xolotl was the god of games. I wonder if there's a Loki connection there/
>
>Remember; those of whom you axolot'l usually axolot of you eventually.
>
>M, sleep deprived
>--
> butler a t comp - lib . o r g
>I am not here to have an argument. I am here as part of a civilization.
> Sometimes I forget.
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