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Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat by karmakaze on Saturday November 18, 2017 @03:55PM (#15730638)
Is this the inspiration for the "how to train a dragon" character? The resemblance is uncanny.
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Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat by ivm on Saturday November 18, 2017 @09:50PM (#15731991)
"How to Train Your Dragon" was directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois who were directors and character designers of "Lilo & Stitch".

So Toothless was inspired by Stitch and, probably, cats.

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Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat by eat_veggies on Saturday November 18, 2017 @04:42PM (#15730871)
The Pokémon Mudkip was also inspired by the axolotl!
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Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat by refrigerator on Saturday November 18, 2017 @04:48PM (#15730894)
I always assumed it was based on the Mudskipper (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudskipper) but can see a bit of both in Mudkip :)
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Re:The axolotl has nearly disappeared from its natural habitat by waivek on Sunday November 19, 2017 @03:53AM (#15732962)
It looks a lot more like the Pokémon wooper.
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