Comment by nom

18 hours ago

This is so unlikely to happen. There is a good chance that they are not as rare as we currently think, at least in that particular area.

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culi  18 hours ago

They are unique to like 2 lakes in Mexico. This is someone's pet that they dumped there. It would not have survived more than a week in Wales had it not been found.

  • prmoustache  16 hours ago

    There were more than 2 lakes but the specy is almost extinct so these areas are where you can still find some.

    • culi  16 hours ago

      Well it's native to the Xochimilco "lake system". Sometimes its hard to say what's a different lake or not but it's the same system of lakes. They also used to be in Lake Chalco which at certain times of the year could connect into the same lake as Xochimilco. Regardless, it's always been a tiny range

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codezero  18 hours ago

I think it likely speaks to how much more common they are as exotic pets than they have been in the past. That she found it before it died is surprising, and the longer I think about this story the longer I wonder if they just bought it as a pet and the river discovery was a gag for online clout.

kreyenborgi  18 hours ago

One in a million chances happen nine times out of ten.

Especially with 8 billion humans wandering around.