{"title":"Axolotl","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery other salamander grows up. Climbs out of the water, loses the gills, gets a job. The axolotl was invited to do this and declined — it keeps the frills, keeps the tail fin, stays in the water, and remains permanently, deliberately, the version of itself it actually likes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a defect. This is a whole animal that looked at the adult stage and said no thank you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt also regrows limbs. Bone, nerve, muscle, all correctly arranged, no scar. Also spinal cord. Also heart. Also brain. The one creature on this planet that can take a real loss and simply grow the part back is the same one that refused to grow up, and if you think those two facts are unrelated, that's between you and the axolotl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Aztecs named it for Xolotl, the god who fled into the water and hid in this shape rather than face what was waiting for him. Worked, apparently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStill smiling. Still nine inches long. Still down there.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"howling-axolotl-tee","title":"Axolotl - T-shirt (unisex)","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout the garment\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the Comfort Colors 1717 blank. Ring-spun cotton, garment-dyed for a soft, lived-in colour from the first wear. The fit is relaxed and unisex, with a twill-taped neck and shoulders. Each shirt is printed one at a time, to order.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% ring-spun cotton, 6.1 oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarment-dyed, so the colour is soft and lived-in from the first wear\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelaxed unisex fit, with a twill-taped neck and shoulders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted one at a time, to order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe axolotl never grew up, and it isn't going to. 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It's an 80\/20 ring-spun cotton and polyester fleece with a 100% cotton face, garment-dyed to match its t-shirt counterpart so a set looks like a set. The fit is a relaxed unisex crewneck with ribbed cuffs and waistband. Each one is printed to order, one at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80\/20 ring-spun cotton and polyester fleece, with a 100% cotton face\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarment-dyed to match the t-shirt, so a set looks like a set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRelaxed unisex crewneck, with ribbed cuffs and waistband\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted one at a time, to order\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the design\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe axolotl never grew up, and it isn't sorry. It kept the gills — feathery, external, worn like a crown — and the flat, permanent smile of a larva that decided adulthood was optional. Airbrushed in cold moonlight, ash grey and ice blue with a thread of violet in the shadow, it howls against near-black exactly as straight-faced as any wolf ever did.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt looks incapable of survival. It can regrow a limb, a jaw, a slice of its own heart, and barely blinks doing it. The Aztecs called it Xolotl, god of fire and lightning, who dodged death by becoming one. They say he never finished the trick. Refusing to grow up was never a flaw. 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