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Axolotls do not survive on land

I was super excited when the axolotl was added in todays snapshot as I have lots of experience with owning them (great job Mojang!), however I was quite disheartened when you added it so that axolotls survive on land and only die when they "dry out". Sadly despite being labeled as amphibians axolotls strictly have gills (the antennae looking buds on the front of their heads) and cannot breathe on land like salamanders do often. It would be great if this correction was made as to not trick people into thinking an endangered animal can go on land when it cannot. Again though, lovely work and I can't wait to see their functionality refined and added to in future updates!   

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    Axolotls DO have lungs too, and can breath air. So, they CAN survive out of water. It's not really sustainable though, so they can only be out for a limited amount of time.

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    They can also breath trough their skin. It's pretty interesting. You can look up more about it if you want.

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    also who wants their cute little axolotls to die? Thats disheartening.