Axolotls are only native to the Mexican Central Valley. Although the native axolotl population once extended through most of the lakes and wetlands that make up this region, the Native habitat is now limited to Lake Xochimilco as a result of the expansion of Mexico City. Lake Xochimilco is not a large body of water, but rather a small series of artificial channels, small lakes, and temporary wetlands. Transcriptome analysis of newt lens regeneration reveals distinct gradients in gene expression patterns. PLoS One, 8, e61445. [ PMC free article] [ PubMed] [ Google Scholar] Why indeed. After all, human evolution was also “freestyle.” And what purpose did it serve in the universe? What was the point of its existence, and what will happen now that it’s been wiped out? The machine-made humans, despite their outward appearance, are not “really” humans, the transformers concede. They, like the transformers, are merely performing humanness.

Length of the book is well tuned to the actual content. Obviously, I'd like to read more, but sometimes form exceeds the content by too far (vide "Lod" <"Ice">, also by Dukaj). To što je Zemlja uništena nije bilo slučajno. Upornim istraživanjem i dedukcijom potvrđena je hipoteza da su napredni vanzemaljci procenili da je ljudski rod teška štetočina (živa istina) i da je najbezbednije spržiti nas na vreme. I tu gde bi neko tek zapodenuo SF serijal - ne, zapravo, na polovini nekog hipotetičkog serijala - Dukaj zaključi da je stigao do logičnog završetka razvoja svog junaka, počasti nas sa još nekoliko elegično-filozofskih stranica u stilu Lema ili pre Bredberija i aj ćao.Dukaj nije previše zainteresovan za uobičajen zaplet, za likove se ne bi trebalo odviše vezivati (iako sve vreme pratimo Barteka, odnosno Bartekov konstrukt posle apokalipse) niti očekivati neke velike avanture, svaki put kad naivni čitalac pomisli "Aha! evo sad ćemo se ovim problemom baviti!" autor to razreši uz akademsku hladnokrvnost i idemo dalje. Njega zanimaju... pa... mogući pravci razvoja čovečanstva pod takvim okolnostima. Nije nimalo slučajno što je moto preuzet baš od Stejpldona. I treba reći da Dukaj na vrlo malo prostora (ovo moje izdanje ima nekih 140 strana sa ilustracijama) uspeva da nabaca neverovatan broj intrigantnih koncepata, svaki malo osvetli i gura dalje. Recimo, neki od gikova uspeli su da aplouduju i svoju decu, tako da po opustelom svetu u raznoraznim robotskim telima, od dizalica do seks-botova, tetura i nekoliko desetina večite virtuelne dece od dve-tri godine... i jedan ker. Frakcije se formiraju prema ideološkim i verskim ubeđenjima koja su u početku prepoznatljiva (jao, on je od onih linuksovskih fundamentalista) ali ubrzo evoluiraju, baš kao i sami post-ljudski likovi. Ponovno stvaranje organskog života i kloniranje ljudskih bića rešeno je ubrzo i sasvim uzgred - i tu Dukaj samo odškrine vrata prema bezbrojnim implikacijama koju nosi takvo stvaranje čoveka 2.0 i nastavlja da se bavi svojim ni-ljudima-ni-robotima koji nikako da se odluče šta su i da li uopšte žele da to budu. Jedan fenomenalno apsurdan momenat jeste formiranje novog horoskopa u zavisnosti od toga čime se neko aploudovao - tako npr. svi koji su koristili Xbox imaju suicidalne sklonosti, korisnici uralske piratske verzije s vremenom padaju u depresiju (usporavaju im se procesori, koje god da koriste) i tako dalje. Drugi takav momenat jeste potraga za programom koji bi mogao da zameni spavanje i sanjanje i koji, posredno, vodi do naslovnog motiva aksolotla. The Mexican government, as well as many nonprofits, are trying to save axolotls, in part by restoring parts of their freshwater habitat and offering ecotourism for people to see the quirky salamanders in the wild.

A to je bila realna opasnost jer je Stari aksolotl naučna fantastika u klasičnom lemovskom ključu, dakle bavi se manje pojedincima a više jednom konkretnom premisom koju prilično rigorozno istražuje: šta bi se desilo kad bi iznenadno zračenje iz kosmosa za 24 h spržilo sav, ali sav, bez ostatka, organski život na Zemlji (prvih desetak strana knjige), ali bi desetak-dvadesetak hiljada gejmera i programera stiglo da se (kljakavo, delimično) aplouduje na net? a b "Jacek Dukaj's THE OLD AXOLOTL: HARDWARE DREAMS is a Multi-Dimensional and Profound Read". SF Signal. 2015-04-09. Archived from the original on 2017-03-22 . Retrieved 2017-03-21.It is said that this axolotls are over 1,000 times more resistant to cancer than mammals—another superpower worth investigating. Axolotl's have distinct feathery gills. In the wild, they’re mostly grayish brown in color. Lighter colored axolotls, especially those with white bodies and pink gills, are usually bred as pets. Pred kraj romana pojavljuje se i srazmerno neočekivani momenat koji možda najviše podseća na Lema i njegov nihilizam:

In the second season, the remaining survivors secure their path to a NATO bunker in Bulgaria, where they seek refuge from the deadly rays of the Sun. Continuing their quest of survival with the military members in the bunker, they attempt to manage a burgeoning conflict and find a solution to the diminished supply of resources.bare bones of plot, dialogue, and character interaction. But the “meat” does exist. Aside from the numerous illustrations and

Kańtoch i Dukaj laureatami nagrody im. Janusza Zajdla za rok 2010" (in Polish) . Retrieved 29 August 2021. The new series follows two other major Poland-related productions by the American media-services provider over the past year. The name “axolotl” is a reflection of the creature’s homeland. Axolotls were named after the Aztec god of fire and lightning, Xolotl, who could turn into a salamander. et al. (2012). Lens regeneration in axolotl: new evidence of developmental plasticity. BMC Biol., 10, 103. [ PMC free article] [ PubMed] [ Google Scholar] The species is named after the Aztec deity Xolotl, the god of fire and lightning, who transformed himself into an axolotl to avoid being sacrificed by fellow gods. They continue to play an outsized cultural role in Mexico. [59] Axólotl also means water monster in the Nahuatl language.

Dray, Kayleigh (2020-05-07). "Why Into The Night is the Netflix series everyone is raving about". Stylist . Retrieved 2020-05-31. His short stories have been translated into English, German, Russian, Czech, Slovak, Macedonian, Hungarian, Italian, Bulgarian. [3] His first story, The Golden Galley, was translated into English by Wiesiek Powaga and published in The Dedalus Book of Polish Fantasy. Michael Kandel's translation of "The Iron General" has been published in A Polish Book of Monsters and his translation of fragments of The Cathedral into English is available online. The Cathedral served as the basis for the 2002 Academy Award-nominated science-fiction short film of the same name directed by Tomasz Bagiński. Like other salamanders, axolotls can regenerate parts of their bodies. So far, scientists have discovered that axolotls can regrow their: